In the second half of the 2010s more than 100 countries--including all large offshore financial centers--started to automatically exchange bank information with foreign tax authorities. This informational big-bang marks a break with the situation of offshore bank secrecy that prevailed before....

Zurich, Hong Kong, les Bahamas, les îles Cai͏̈mans, le Luxembourg... Ces noms évocateurs dissimulent une sinistre réalité : la fraude fiscale d'une minorité d'ultra-riches au détriment de l'immense majorité. Grâce à une méthode inédite, l'auteur a pu évaluer l'ampleur du...

This article reviews the recent literature on the dynamics of global wealth inequality. I first reconcile available estimates of wealth inequality in the United States. Both surveys and tax data show that wealth inequality has increased dramatically since the 1980s, with a top 1% wealth share...