🟣 Videos from the plenary sessions at the 2026 World Inequality Conference are now available online! Watch them now ▶️ globaljusticeproject.wid.world/video/

📣 New Working Paper: Why did income inequality decline so dramatically during the twentieth century? New research suggests that structural transformation—from an agricultural economy to a more diversified, industrialised economy —played a crucial role. wid.world/news-article...

If you missed it, read @theguardian.com extensive coverage of our new #GlobalJusticeReport. You may want to start with this excellent piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social More in thread 🧵 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I am among the more than 350 signatories who have put their names to support the “roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth”. Read the opinion piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Women work more than men hours but earn, on average, 43% less per hour when you factor in domestic as well as economic labour – @marie-andreescu.bsky.social, Valentina Gabrielli, Romaine Loubes & Anne-Sophie Robilliard of the @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

Presentation of the Global Justice Report.

What would it take to achieve high prosperity and equality while remaining within planetary boundaries? The World Inequality Lab is very excited to launch the #GlobalJusticeReport. [1/7]

Today we are launching the Global Justice Project. This is the result of two years of research involving more than 40 contributors from around the world. We propose a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming. 👇👇👇 globaljusticeproject.wid.world

The international monetary system was “never designed to be neutral” – it’s geared (very significantly) towards the interests of the world’s richest countries, explains @gatonievas.bsky.social of @wid.world in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

How does law shape capitalism & how can we transform it? We are pleased to welcome Katharina Pistor (Columbia Law School) for the next edition of #TheOffshoreTalks, presenting her latest book, followed by a discussion with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social (@wid.world). 🗓️ Register here: tally.so/r/5BeJNN

“The climate debate has long focused on what people buy and consume. But equally important is the question of ownership: who owns and controls the assets that ultimately generate emissions?” – @cmohren.bsky.social of @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog

The income of someone in the world’s richest region is on average about 13x higher than someone in the poorest. But the corresponding figure for education spending (per child) reveals an even starker 40:1 ratio, writes @ricardo-eco.bsky.social of @wid.world #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/9LqVQC3

“Inequality is a political choice” The 56,000 wealthiest adults on the planet hold 3x as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity combined – but two policy levers could help redress the balance. @ricardo-eco.bsky.social of @wid.world explores #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/hT0Avna

🎙️ Join us for our next #TheOffshoreTalks on May 18 with Jason Sharman (University of Cambridge) as he presents his upcoming book Small Places, Big Money — unpacking why money still flows offshore, from tax avoidance to corruption. 🕧 12:30 CET 📍 @PSEinfo For registration ⤵️ tally.so/r/7RJMkR

📢 Second Conference ECINEQ–Latin American Chapter 📍Montevideo, 🇺🇾 📆 Oct 28–29, 2026 📝Submissions welcome on theoretical and empirical analysis on inequality, mobility, employment, poverty, and exploitation. Submit by June 30, 2026 🔗 fcea.udelar.edu.uy/ecineq-lac-s...

Using our data from wid.world, @lemonde.fr shows where members of the Lecornu government sit in France’s income and wealth distribution. Almost all are in the top 10% for income and wealth, a reminder of how political representation maps onto inequality. ⬇️ www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

It was a pleasure to welcome Amira Saber Kandil, Egyptian senator and President of the Human Rights Committee, to the World Inequality Lab this week. She met with our co-director @rowaida96.bsky.social for a rich exchange on inequality and taxation, climate change, and international cooperation.

New working paper: New evidence on income inequality in early 20th-century Spain 📊 Using a forgotten poll tax (1874–1943), Miguel Artola Blanco & Joana Pujadas-Mora show inequality was high, especially in the South and in larger cities. More ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

📣Registration just opened for the 2026 World Inequality Conference, and there are already only a few spaces left. Hurry up to register! inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

New @wid.world working paper with @oliviergodechot.bsky.social

Outsourced workers in low-skilled service jobs (cleaning, catering, security) in 🇫🇷 face a substantial earnings penalty—about 10 log points—persisting for up to 7 years after outsourcing, find @ulojkine.bsky.social & @oliviergodechot.bsky.social in new study. More findings▶️ wid.world/news-article...

La dernière chronique de @lucaschancel.bsky.social dans @liberation.fr ▶️ www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

📝New study by @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social D. Blakeslee, & S. Malik shows that land inequality in rural India is extremely high: 👉The top 10% own 44% of land area 👉Historical institutions and the caste system also leave persistent effects on land distribution More findings ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

WIL researcher Paula Druschke presented the newly released paper "The Global Democratic Deficit: Institutional Asymmetries and the Provision of Global Public Goods", co-written with @gatonievas.bsky.social today at Thammasat University in Bangkok. ▶️ Watch the replay www.facebook.com/ECONTUoffici...

📚🌍 The World Inequality Report 2026 is now available in the UK in hardback from @politybooks.bsky.social Available now in the UK, coming in France this April and in North America on May 26. Read more and order a copy ⬇️ www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

🎧Tune in to the first episode of The Billionaire Age — CBC's new documentary series featuring World Inequality Lab's co-directors and research fellows @lucaschancel.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social @guidoalfani.bsky.social, and more. app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

⏳ Only a few days left to submit your application for the Research Assistant position! 🗓️ Apply by April 3: tally.so/r/Np0L1O

Peru 🇵🇪 has developed one of the most regressive tax systems in the world, characterized by low top marginal rates on income and inheritance and a limited capacity for redistribution. This is one of the key findings of @ccastgr.bsky.social's paper ▶️ wid.world/news-article... Spanish coverage ⬇️🧵

Inondations et sécheresse vont coûter de + en + cher, mais le système pour s'en assurer pèse plus lourd dans le budget des pauvres, ont mesuré @lucaschancel.bsky.social et Thomas Bézy du @wid.world (mais ils ont des solutions pour régler ça) 👇 www.alternatives-economiques.fr/un-systeme-d...

The Global Democratic Deficit: Undemocratic international institutions favor powerful countries—they secure power in the international system at a very cheap cost and chose who benefits from aid 🧵A thread on a NEW STUDY written with @PaulaDruschke 1/6 wid.world/news-article...

New on @wid.world: @gatonievas.bsky.social & P. Druschke find that 70% of World Bank and IMF funds are allocated to G7 geopolitically aligned countries. Rich countries pretend to be in favour of democracy but in practice they've built an undemocratic international system. wid.world/news-article...

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? New research by Julia Cagé, @mgn89.bsky.social and Yuchen Huang suggests these can act as a windfall for a small group of donors, with no effect on participation or amounts given wid.world/news-article...

Excellent opinion piece by @isabellamweber.bsky.social & WID fellow @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social 👇

🌍 📊 Where do you stand in the global income distribution? Explore the interactive WID Income Comparator based on surveys, tax data & national accounts, for a consistent view across countries. ➡️ wid.world/income-compa...

📩 Our newsletter is out! Inside: ✔️World Inequality Conference 2026 update ✔️Energy & inequality: video + analysis ✔️New world sectoral economy–environment database ✔️New working papers ...and more! 🔎 Read it here: inequalitylab.world/www-site/upl...

Who benefits from global trade? New research by Simon Keller shows how commodity prices shape global wealth inequality: if mining exporters had raised prices like oil producers, Sub-Saharan Africa could hold foreign wealth of +1400% of GDP instead of –43%❗ Read more 🔗 wid.world/news-article...

"The militaristic drift of the United States resonates above all as a terrible admission of weakness in the face of the financial, commercial and political fragility of the country." My opinion piece in @lemonde.fr thomaspiketty.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/m...

🟢 Énergie : enjeu de pouvoir, crise climatique, flambée des prix Le replay de la rencontre entre @lucaschancel.bsky.social (World Inequality Lab) & Anne Debrégeas (SUD-Energie), animée par @jadelindgaard.bsky.social, est maintenant disponible : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXzZ... @attac.org

New working paper: Prosperity within Limits? Planetary Habitability, Global Convergence & Structural Transformation 2026-2100 wid.world/news-article... More to come in the Global Justice Report to be released at the World Inequality Conference Paris June 4-6 2026 inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

[WID.world update] Our R and Stata tools are now upgraded to support larger downloads (database grew fast and some workflows were failing). New releases are live on CRAN (R) and SSC (Stata). Previous fails with Java-related errors should now run. Problems? [email protected] @wid.world

Alors que la France est confrontée à des inondations sans précédent, la question de la soutenabilité du système CatNat revient au cœur du débat. Les propositions de Thomas Bézy et @lucaschancel.bsky.social à lire ici 👇👇 wid.world/fr/news-arti...

The World Inequality Report 2026 by @wid.world provides the most up-to-date picture of inequality worldwide. Join us as @lucaschancel.bsky.social and @ricardo-eco.bsky.social examine the stark disparities revealed by the report. 🎟️ Attend in-person: buff.ly/TBmmM6E 💻️ Attend online: buff.ly/UpqPu2O

The World Inequality Report 2026 is now available in 𝟏𝟑 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬🌍 𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 and 𝟏𝟖 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 to help you understand past and present inequality dynamics. Latest additions are the Italian, Korean and Thai versions. Download it in your language, share around ▶️ wir2026.wid.world/download/

Pour comprendre la discussion budgétaire qui se clôt il faut objectiver, avec lucidité et sérénité, une réalité désormais structurante : l’emprise inédite des milliardaires sur la vie démocratique de la nation. gabrielzucman.substack.com/p/lemprise-d...

📝New research by @billywoom.bsky.social and @doniakamel.bsky.social uncovers how skin tone shapes player recognition in professional #football — even when performance is identical⚽️ These biases translate into lower market valuations for darker-skinned players. Read more ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

1/ Big news! Today, we officially launch the International Tax Observatory (#ITO)🚀 Building on the foundation of the EUTO, we are expanding our mission to address global tax evasion, wealth concentration, illicit financial flows & the intersection of taxation & the environment.

2025 highlights: ✨ Inequality placed on the agenda of the 𝗚𝟮𝟬 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 ✨2025 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 published in October ✨2026 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 published in December ✨27 Working Papers authored by 78 researchers ...and more! 📖 Flip through our report heyzine.com/flip-book/22...

To make the most of the World Inequality Database, consult the DINA Guidelines and other resources: wid.world/methodology/ This 3rd edition includes improved or new: 🔹macro aggregates 🔹income and wealth definitions 🔹data-quality flags 🔹sections on wealth distribution and gender inequality

🎧 Listen to @ricardo-eco.bsky.social, lead author of the 2026 World Inequality Report, who discusses the main results of the report, as well as his research on the benefits of early schooling and how early human capital investment closes the inequality gap⬇️ savageminds.substack.com/p/ricardo-go...

Un débat essentiel pour reprendre la main sur l’énergie ⚡ 🗣️ Avec @lucaschancel.bsky.social et Anne Debrégeas 🎙️Animé par @jadelindgaard.bsky.social 📅 Jeudi 29 janvier, 19h Entrée libre. Inscription conseillée ▶️ inequalitylab.world/fr/event/a-l... @attac.org