Para Thomas Piketty, los debates intelectuales y políticos sobre la distribución de la riqueza se han alimentado sobre todo de grandes prejuicios y de muy pocos datos. En ese campo de batalla han convergido ideas sobre la igualdad entre los ciudadanos, el derecho de las personas…
Offers new policies in technology, employment, social security, capital sharing, and taxation that intend to narrow the income gap, defending them against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.
As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can t afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others, through the control of prop…
"Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called 'equality-efficiency trade-off' - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced …
"The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost expert…
by Cohen, Daniel, Saint-Paul, Gilles, Piketty, Thomas
