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Trends in US Income and Wealth Inequality: Revising After the Revisionists

October 28, 2020 | WID.world

Trends in US Income and Wealth Inequality: Revising After the Revisionists   In this paper, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman examine the claims made in recent

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The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America

October 28, 2020 | WID.world

The Rise of Income and Wealth Inequality in America: Evidence from Distributional Macroeconomic Accounts In this paper, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman study inequality in America

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“Vivement le socialisme !”, de Thomas Piketty

October 8, 2020 | WID.world

Vivement le socialisme!, by Thomas Piketty, is a collection of his columns published in Le Monde (2016-2020).   Summary « Si l’on m’avait dit en

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Why Is Europe More Equal Than the United States?

October 6, 2020 | WID.world

Why Is Europe More Equal Than the United States? In this paper, Thomas Blanchet, Lucas Chancel, and Amory Gethin combine all available household surveys, income tax, and national accounts data

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“Unsustainable Inequalities”, Lucas Chancel

October 6, 2020 | WID.world

“Unsustainable Inequalities. Social Justice and the Environment”, by Lucas Chancel   Can we fight poverty and inequality while protecting the environment? These challenges are at

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Social Inequalities and Ethnic Cleavages in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal

September 10, 2020 | WID.world

Social Inequalities and Ethnic Cleavages in Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal In this paper, Jules Baleyte, Amory Gethin, Yajna Govind and Thomas Piketty document the

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2020 Distributional National Accounts Guidelines (DINA)

September 2, 2020 | WID.world

The 2020 Distributional National Accounts (DINA) guidelines is the first major update of the document presenting the concepts, data sources and methods used in the

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Inequality, Identity, and Political Cleavages in Israel

August 21, 2020 | WID.world

Inequality, Identity, and Political Cleavages in Israel In this paper, Yonatan Berman draws on pre- and post-election surveys to address the long run evolution of

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Social Inequality and Political Divides in Pakistan

August 19, 2020 | WID.world

Social Inequality and the Dynamics of Political and ethnolinguistic Divides in Pakistan, 1970-2018 In this paper, Amory Gethin, Sultan Mehmood and Thomas Piketty study political

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