๐New research by @billywoom.bsky.social and @doniakamel.bsky.social uncovers how skin tone shapes player recognition in professional #football โ even when performance is identicalโฝ๏ธ
These biases translate into lower market valuations for darker-skinned players.
Read more โถ๏ธ wid.world/news-article...
To win the cultural and intellectual battle, Europe must now assert its values and defend its model of development, fundamentally opposed to the nationalist-extractivist model of Trump and Putin
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2026/02/03/e...
2025 highlights:
โจ Inequality placed on the agenda of the ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐
โจ2025 ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ published in October
โจ2026 ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ published in December
โจ27 Working Papers authored by 78 researchers
...and more!
๐ Flip through our report heyzine.com/flip-book/22...
To make the most of the World Inequality Database, consult the DINA Guidelines and other resources: wid.world/methodology/
This 3rd edition includes improved or new:
๐นmacro aggregates
๐นincome and wealth definitions
๐นdata-quality flags
๐นsections on wealth distribution and gender inequality
Un dรฉbat essentiel pour reprendre la main sur lโรฉnergie โก
๐ฃ๏ธ Avec @lucaschancel.bsky.social et Anne Debrรฉgeas
๐๏ธAnimรฉ par @jadelindgaard.bsky.social
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Jeudi 29 janvier, 19h
Entrรฉe libre. Inscription conseillรฉe โถ๏ธ inequalitylab.world/fr/event/a-l...
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Le dรฉcrochage europรฉen est plus une histoire de ralentissement que de point de non retour. La suite dans ma tribune @lemonde.fr fondรฉe sur nos travaux du @wid.world
oรน nous discutons tendances historiques avec R. Loubes, @thomaspiketty.bsky.social et A.-S. Robillard: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
How do people argue for redistribution in Norway ๐ณ๐ด vs the U.S. ๐บ๐ธ?
Do debates lean more on emotional fairness arguments or analytical externality arguments?
And what type of argument convinces who?
New study by @mortenstostad.bsky.social, M. Lobeck & C. de Meulenaer โถ๏ธ wid.world/news-article...
New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social
Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP โ more than all development aid.
Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
๐ง Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...
To better understand what made the Trump shock possible, and how to confront it in the future, we must turn to its roots, namely, to Project 2025
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/p...
Thank you to all WID fellows for their inputs, and in particular to @ricardo-eco.bsky.social, who wrote and coordinated the report, as well @lucaschancel.bsky.social & @rowaida96.bsky.social who edited it.
This report benefited from the support of the @undp.org and the European Union.
Building on the 2018 and 2022 editions, the #WIR2026 draws on the contributions of over 200 scholars from all over the world affiliated with the World Inequality Lab and contributing to the World Inequality Database wid.world - the largest database on the historical evolution of global inequality.
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You can read the World Inequality Report 2026 in 10 different languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portugese, Spanish, Russian, and Thai
wir2026.wid.world/download/
The 3rd edition of our World Inequality Report is prefaced by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & Jayati Ghosh.
It comes at a challenging political time, but is more essential than ever to continue the historic movement toward equality.
Explore the report โถ๏ธ wir2026.wid.world
Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.
๐Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...
๐ฐ En Une du @lemonde.fr aujourd'hui :
"L'extrรชme concentration des richesses mondiales"
3 article ร lire pour dรฉcouvrir en avant-premiรจre Le Rapport sur les inรฉgalitรฉs mondiales 2026
www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income.
New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993.
Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged.
โถ๏ธ wid.world/news-article...
๐ข Climate change hits the poorest the hardest shows *Chapter 2.1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*
โ ๏ธThe bottom 50% wil bear ยพ of all income losses from climate change by 2050.
Read more in the report ๐ wid.world/news-article...
๐ดNEW PAPER!๐ด
Majorities in 11 HICs support:
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Foreign aid
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Debt relief for low-income countries (LICs)
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An international carbon price financing a worldwide basic income
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An international 2% tax on wealth above $1 million with 30% funding LICs
and much more.
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๐ด Over 500 economists, including WIL co-director @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, call on world leaders to set up an International Panel on Inequality, as recommended by the Extraordinary Committee's report to the #G20, led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
๐Letter www.equals.ink/p/sign-on-le...
Le Penโs RN has become the party of billionaires
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trumpโs Republican Party
thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/l...
Very important read ahead of #cop30 ๐
The 2025 #ClimateInequality Report brings together pioneering research conducted by @wid.world and universities worldwide and was edited by @lucaschancel.bsky.social & @cmohren.bsky.social with inputs from @pbothe.bsky.social @stellamuti.bsky.social
Thx @wid.world's team and fellows!
Over the past 25 years, 200+ researchers worldwide have contributed to the World Inequality Database. While these data remain imperfect and provisional, the global picture of long-term changes in income and wealth distributions is now well established.
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Our interpretation of these long-run findings is that the rise of inclusive, social-democratic institutions has been central to achieving both greater equality and higher prosperity.
More findings coming in the #GlobalJusticeProject, June 2026.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
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If we look at wealth inequality, we see that it has always been extremely high, with the bottom 50% holding only a tiny share of total wealth. Despite this, there has been a significant long-run movement toward greater wealth equality in rich countries, particularly in Western and Nordic Europe.
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Our study compares Europe and the United States and challenges the widespread belief that rising inequality in the US since the 1980s has fueled innovation and productivity, especially in high-tech sectors. In fact, we find the opposite.
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If we take Nordic Europe (1990)as a benchmark for equality, and aim even higher, we can envision a world where the gap between top and bottom incomes falls to 3โ5ร by 2100, versus 50-160 today.
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Other inequality indicators tell the same story.
A century ago, the richest 0.1% earned 150โ250ร more than low-income earners in Europe. Today, that gap is down to 8โ15ร in Sweden, Denmark, Norway & the Netherlands โ and 15โ20ร in Germany, France & Britain.
A striking drop in inequality.
3/9 All rich countriesโespecially in Western and Nordic Europeโhave undergone an enormous compression of income scales during the 20th century, while becoming significantly more productive.In Nordic Europe, the bottom posttax 50% share rose from little more than 15% in 1910 to almost 40% in 1980-90.
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Our new study uses wid.world data (1800โ2025)and new global series on productivity and human capital to revisit how the relationship between equality and development has evolved across time and space โ a central question for economists, policymakers, and citizens alike.
There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run โ that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread ๐งต(1/9)๐
