Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century is the most widely discussed work of economics in recent history, selling millions of copies in dozens of languages. But are its analyses of inequality and economic growth on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the...

This paper summarizes the main findings of the recent studies that have constructed top incomeand wealth shares series over the century for a number of countries using tax statistics. Most countries experience a dramatic drop in top income shares in the first part of the century due to a...

Mit seinem Weltbestseller "Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert" hat Thomas Piketty eine heftige Kontroverse über die wachsende Ungleichheit in den westlichen Gesellschaften und deren Ursachen ausgelöst. Nun folgt der "World Inequality Report" - der gründlichste und aktuellste Bericht zur Lage der...