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I'd be fairly sceptical of something like this, given the source. Here's a better start for looking at inequality: the World Inequality Database's World Inequal

by dash2 6y ago

I'd be fairly sceptical of something like this, given the source. Here's a better start for looking at inequality: the World Inequality Database's World Inequality Report 2018. Authors include Piketty, Saez and Zucman, who are heavyweights in the field: https://wid.world/document/world-inequality-report-2018-english/ https://wid.world/document/world-inequality-report-2018-engl... If anyone wants the full nerd treatment, I teach a class on this topic and can list a bunch of academic papers.

akudha 6y ago
Can you recommend some sources that will help a layperson understand this a bit more?
- dash2 6y ago
  Um... I was hoping the report was for a layperson... maybe I need to recalibrate a bit...! The https://wid.world https://wid.world website is quite a good start. And there's Piketty's book, it's a slog but is aimed at the intelligent general reader. I haven't read his new one.