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Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Following the abolishment of all discriminatory laws, South Africa’s first universal democratic election took place in 1994 and marked the end of centuries of institutions
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500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’
Hundreds of the world’s leading economists and other experts on inequality from seventy countries are urging world leaders to establish an International Panel on Inequality
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Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries
In international negotiations, Global South countries demand North-to-South transfers: indeed, redirecting just 1% of high-income countries’ output to low-income countries (LICs) would mechanically double their
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Statement from the World Inequality Lab on the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts’ Report on Global Inequality
The World Inequality Lab warmly welcomes the release of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts’ Report on Global Inequality, published today, November 4, 2025.
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World Inequality Report 2026 | Coming out soon
On December 10, 2025, the World Inequality Lab will release the 2026 World Inequality Report, offering the latest and most comprehensive analysis of global inequality
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Global inequalities in ownership-based carbon footprints over 2010-2022
Who owns the firms that produce global greenhouse gas emissions? In this paper, Lucas Chancel and Yannic Rehm provide the first global estimates of ownership-based
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Human capital, unequal opportunities and productivity convergence – A global historical perspective 1800-2100
How much more inclusive has access to health and education become in recent decades? Are we on track for global convergence in human capital, well-being,
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Capital in the 21st Century, Ten Years Later
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014) and the fifth anniversary of Capital and Ideology (2020), Thomas Piketty
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Climate inequality report 2025 | Climate Change: A Capital Challenge, Why Climate Policy Must Tackle Ownership
The Climate Inequality Report 2025 reveals how wealth drives the climate crisis, and proposes new policy options to address it. It builds on the 2023
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