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First global database of wealth accumulation covering 1800–2025 now available
The long-run evolution of wealth has been central to debates in economic history and macroeconomics, but until now evidence has been largely confined to Western
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Thomas Piketty’s view on billionaire taxation and wealth redistribution
On 9 April 2025, Thomas Piketty was interviewed at the “Taxing Billionaires” conference. On this occasion, he shared his views on billionaire taxation and the
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Public ownership outperforms privatisation when an enterprise is a skill-based, natural, or network monopoly
Is public ownership or privatisation better? Throughout the 20th century, debates on public versus private ownership swung back and forth, often framed ideologically rather than
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The recent compression of US wage inequality: tightness, turbulence, and power-biased policy
Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, the United States has experienced a sharp compression of wage inequality, reversing roughly one-third of the increase observed
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Réinventer la solidarité assurantielle face aux effets inégalitaires du réchauffement climatique
Face à l’envolée du coût de ces catastrophes, il devient crucial d’identifier les populations les plus exposées. Dans cette note, Thomas Bézy et Lucas Chancel
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Inégalités d’exposition aux risques environnementaux : des écarts marqués selon le statut de propriété
Alors que les coûts liés au changement climatique devraient augmenter de manière exponentielle, il est crucial d’identifier les segments de la population les plus exposés
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A new composite index to measure and mitigate inequality
Amongst the most widely used measures of income or wealth inequality is the Gini coefficient. In recent times, there has been a rise in popularity
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New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain
Properly evaluating and designing policies that take wealth inequality into account relies on measuring wealth accurately at the regional level. This is particularly important in countries
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Intergenerational Mobility in Spain: Geographic Analysis and Causal Neighborhood Effects
At the heart of a thriving society lies the principle of equal opportunity: the idea that one’s background should not preordain one’s future. An excellent
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