𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 and 𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 in conversation at the World Inequality Conference 2026👇 Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/jY9iFdWSbd0?...
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Tomorrow 22 July @thomaspiketty.bsky.social will present the Global Justice Report during a UN DESA Webinar. 📺 Watch live on YouTube 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5A... 🕚 11:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT 🕔 17:00–18:00 PM CEST
UN DESA DISD Webinar with Thomas Piketty on The Global Justice Report
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New @equalshope.bsky.social’s episode! The Global Justice Blueprint ft @anmol-smnch.bsky.social @moritzoder.bsky.social @cmohren.bsky.social We explore @wid.world 's Global Justice Report & its bold vision for equality, shared prosperity and climate justice. More: www.equals.ink/p/the-global...
The Global Justice Blueprint: A Roadmap to Equality, Shared Prosperity and Climate Justice
The authors of the Global Justice Report explain how tackling inequality could unlock the resources needed to address climate breakdown while delivering shared prosperity within planetary boundaries.
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Researchers have a responsibility to search for consensus on this crucial issue, both for future generations and the future of our planet go.nature.com/4ymEN7N
Why there needs to be a global debate on inequality
Researchers have a responsibility to search for consensus on this crucial issue, both for future generations and the future of our planet.
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The problem is not too little growth, but the wrong kind. What matters is not how much we grow, but what we grow — and for whom. Our response in @financialtimes.com to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com Bottom line: economic and climate justice require rethinking growth, not necessarily abandoning it.
🟣 Videos from the plenary sessions at the 2026 World Inequality Conference are now available online! Watch them now ▶️ globaljusticeproject.wid.world/video/
📣 New Working Paper: Why did income inequality decline so dramatically during the twentieth century? New research suggests that structural transformation—from an agricultural economy to a more diversified, industrialised economy —played a crucial role. wid.world/news-article...
Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970 - WID - World Inequality Database
Income Inequality and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Swedish Micro Data,1870–1970 The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed...
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If you missed it, read @theguardian.com extensive coverage of our new #GlobalJusticeReport. You may want to start with this excellent piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social More in thread 🧵 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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I am among the more than 350 signatories who have put their names to support the “roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth”. Read the opinion piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
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Women work more than men hours but earn, on average, 43% less per hour when you factor in domestic as well as economic labour – @marie-andreescu.bsky.social, Valentina Gabrielli, Romaine Loubes & Anne-Sophie Robilliard of the @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Women work more than men – but the economy still pays them less
Looking at domestic & economic labour together, women work more but earn 43% less than men, on average – much greater than usual estimates of the gender pay gap
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What would it take to achieve high prosperity and equality while remaining within planetary boundaries? The World Inequality Lab is very excited to launch the #GlobalJusticeReport. [1/7]
Today we are launching the Global Justice Project. This is the result of two years of research involving more than 40 contributors from around the world. We propose a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming. 👇👇👇 globaljusticeproject.wid.world
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The international monetary system was “never designed to be neutral” – it’s geared (very significantly) towards the interests of the world’s richest countries, explains @gatonievas.bsky.social of @wid.world in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Does the international monetary system sustain inequality?
The world’s richest countries receive sizeable net incomes from the rest of the world. The reason? The basic structure of the international monetary system
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How does law shape capitalism & how can we transform it? We are pleased to welcome Katharina Pistor (Columbia Law School) for the next edition of #TheOffshoreTalks, presenting her latest book, followed by a discussion with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social (@wid.world). 🗓️ Register here: tally.so/r/5BeJNN
“The climate debate has long focused on what people buy and consume. But equally important is the question of ownership: who owns and controls the assets that ultimately generate emissions?” – @cmohren.bsky.social of @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog
Why climate policy has to tackle the question of ownership
Wealth inequality determines who causes the climate crisis and who profits from it, so the low-carbon transition offers an opportunity to redistribute wealth
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The income of someone in the world’s richest region is on average about 13x higher than someone in the poorest. But the corresponding figure for education spending (per child) reveals an even starker 40:1 ratio, writes @ricardo-eco.bsky.social of @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/9LqVQC3
The world’s most powerful equaliser is very unequally distributed
Incomes vary greatly around the world. But education spending varies even more: our best tool for narrowing the income gap is even more unequally distributed
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“Inequality is a political choice” The 56,000 wealthiest adults on the planet hold 3x as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity combined – but two policy levers could help redress the balance. @ricardo-eco.bsky.social of @wid.world explores #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/hT0Avna
56,000 people own three times more wealth than half of humanity
The World Inequality Report 2026 notes how the world is extremely unequal, with wealth inequality still rapidly rising. Which policies could reduce inequality?
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🎙️ Join us for our next #TheOffshoreTalks on May 18 with Jason Sharman (University of Cambridge) as he presents his upcoming book Small Places, Big Money — unpacking why money still flows offshore, from tax avoidance to corruption. 🕧 12:30 CET 📍 @PSEinfo For registration ⤵️ tally.so/r/7RJMkR
📢 Second Conference ECINEQ–Latin American Chapter 📍Montevideo, 🇺🇾 📆 Oct 28–29, 2026 📝Submissions welcome on theoretical and empirical analysis on inequality, mobility, employment, poverty, and exploitation. Submit by June 30, 2026 🔗 fcea.udelar.edu.uy/ecineq-lac-s...
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Using our data from wid.world, @lemonde.fr shows where members of the Lecornu government sit in France’s income and wealth distribution. Almost all are in the top 10% for income and wealth, a reminder of how political representation maps onto inequality. ⬇️ www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
It was a pleasure to welcome Amira Saber Kandil, Egyptian senator and President of the Human Rights Committee, to the World Inequality Lab this week. She met with our co-director @rowaida96.bsky.social for a rich exchange on inequality and taxation, climate change, and international cooperation.
New working paper: New evidence on income inequality in early 20th-century Spain 📊 Using a forgotten poll tax (1874–1943), Miguel Artola Blanco & Joana Pujadas-Mora show inequality was high, especially in the South and in larger cities. More ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Measuring Income Inequality Using a Graduated Poll Tax: Spain, 1874–1943 - WID - World Inequality Database
Measuring Income Inequality Using a Graduated Poll Tax: Spain, 1874–1943 Miguel Artola Blanco and Joana María Pujadas-Mora examine how a graduated poll tax can be used to reconstruct historical income...
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📣Registration just opened for the 2026 World Inequality Conference, and there are already only a few spaces left. Hurry up to register! inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
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Outsourced workers in low-skilled service jobs (cleaning, catering, security) in 🇫🇷 face a substantial earnings penalty—about 10 log points—persisting for up to 7 years after outsourcing, find @ulojkine.bsky.social & @oliviergodechot.bsky.social in new study. More findings▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Cutting hours through outsourcing - WID - World Inequality Database
Cutting hours through outsourcing Olivier Godechot and Ulysse Lojkine study the effects of on-site outsourcing of low-skilled service jobs (cleaning, catering, security) in France.
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La dernière chronique de @lucaschancel.bsky.social dans @liberation.fr ▶️ www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...
📝New study by @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social D. Blakeslee, & S. Malik shows that land inequality in rural India is extremely high: 👉The top 10% own 44% of land area 👉Historical institutions and the caste system also leave persistent effects on land distribution More findings ▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Land Inequality in India: Nature, History, and Markets - WID - World Inequality Database
Land Inequality in India: Nature, History, and Markets In this paper, Nitin Kumar Bharti, David Blakeslee, and Samreen Malik study how agricultural suitability, historical institutions, and market acc...
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WIL researcher Paula Druschke presented the newly released paper "The Global Democratic Deficit: Institutional Asymmetries and the Provision of Global Public Goods", co-written with @gatonievas.bsky.social today at Thammasat University in Bangkok. ▶️ Watch the replay www.facebook.com/ECONTUoffici...
17 reactions · 15 shares | ขอเชิญผู้ที่สนใจรับชมการสัมมนาหัวข้อ "The Global Democratic Deficit: Institutional Asymmetries and the Provision of Global Public Goods" . 📅 วันที่ 2 เมษายน 2569 เวลา 13:30 - 15:30 น. 📌 ณ ห้อง 305 คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ ท่าพระจันทร์ 💻 หรือรับชมผ่าน Facebook live: EconTU Official . 🔹 นำเสนอโดย Miss Paula Druschke - Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science 🔹 ดำเนินรายการโดย ดร.ณัชพล ประเสริฐสูง - คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ . หมายเหตุ: การสัมมนาบรรยายเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ . ------------------------------------------------------------------ . Invitation to Seminar on "The Global Democratic Deficit: Institutional Asymmetries and the Provision of Global Public Goods" . 📅 2 April 2026 / 1:30 – 3:30 P.M. 📌 Venue: Room 305, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University (Tha Prachan Campus) 💻 or Facebook live: EconTU Official . 🔹 Presenter: Miss Paula Druschke - Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science 🔹 Moderator: Dr.Nutchapon Prasertsoong - Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University . Note: The seminar will be conducted in English . #EconTU #EconTUajarn #เศรษฐศาสตร์ธรรมศาสตร์ | EconTU Official
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📚🌍 The World Inequality Report 2026 is now available in the UK in hardback from @politybooks.bsky.social Available now in the UK, coming in France this April and in North America on May 26. Read more and order a copy ⬇️ www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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World Inequality Report 2026, World Inequality Report 2026 is the most authoritative and wide-ranging account available of global trends in inequality
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