Thomas Pikettys voluminöses Werk "Das Kapital im 21 Jahrhundert" hat die Zunft der Ökonomen entzweit wie kaum ein anderes Buch. Die Volkswirtschaft selbst scheint in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert. Pikettys illustre Leserschar reicht von US-Präsident Barack Obama und Papst Franziskus über...

This paper combines tax, survey, and national accounts data to estimate the distribution of national income in the United States since 1913. Our distributional national accounts capture 100% of national income, allowing us to compute growth rates for each quantile of the income distribution...

This paper combines tax, survey, and national accounts data to estimate the distribution of national income in the United States since 1913. Our distributional national accounts capture 100% of national income, allowing us to compute growth rates for each quantile of the income distribution...