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

🔴Global leaders gather in #Davos today, as extreme concentration reaches record highs. For the latest data, explore our World Inequality Report2026 wir2026.wid.world On political inequality, don't miss our friends at @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's new report www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...

How do people argue for redistribution in Norway 🇳🇴 vs the U.S. 🇺🇸? Do debates lean more on emotional fairness arguments or analytical externality arguments? And what type of argument convinces who? New study by @mortenstostad.bsky.social, M. Lobeck & C. de Meulenaer ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Apply now to the #inequality and #institutions program! Great opportunity to learn from World Inequality Lab's researchers including @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @ignacioflores.bsky.social & @cmtneztt.bsky.social 📆From June 15 to 19, 2026 📍Paris ✍️Applications: From January 14 to May 13, 2026

Le décrochage européen est plus une histoire de ralentissement que de point de non retour. La suite dans ma tribune @lemonde.fr fondée sur nos travaux du @wid.world où nous discutons tendances historiques avec R. Loubes, @thomaspiketty.bsky.social et A.-S. Robillard: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

🗣️"Trump a parfaitement compris que ceux qui contrôlent l'énergie contrôlent le monde.", a dit @lucaschancel.bsky.social à @nabilwakim.bsky.social pour le journal @Le Monde 👇 Notre codirecteur sera l’un des invités du Festival des idées « Chaleur humaine », le 18 janvier à Paris.

🎧 Listen to this podcast to explore the key findings of our newly launched World Inequality Report with @thomaspiketty.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Nations can't wait for billionaires to die for them to pay tax. Last @wid.world report couldn't be more timely: @thomaspiketty.bsky.social explained @channel4news.bsky.social Helia Ebrahimi why annual wealth taxes on the super-rich beat inheritance taxes. 📺Full : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZo...

⚠️The top 0.001% - less than 60,000 multi-millionaires - owns three times more wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity combined. Explore more findings in this third edition of the World Inequality report 👇 wir2026.wid.world

🗣️" #Inequality is increasing at a very fast and alarming pace. But we see that redistributive policies are effective. All we need is political will”, said @ricardo-eco.bsky.social, author of our World Inequality Report for @france24.com 🔗 Report: wir2026.wid.world www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhPH...

🗣️"Le système économique mondial est en train de créer les conditions de son propre épuisement", a dit @lucaschancel.bsky.social en revenant sur les chiffres de notre Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales. 🔗 Résumé en français ici : wir2026.wid.world/www-site/upl... www.bfmtv.com/economie/pat...

Read @theguardian.com coverage of our World Inequality Report 2026 wir2026.wid.world 👇

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions. 👇Share this thread, share the report! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...

📰 En Une du @lemonde.fr aujourd'hui : "L'extrême concentration des richesses mondiales" 3 article à lire pour découvrir en avant-première Le Rapport sur les inégalités mondiales 2026 www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...

South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income. New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993. Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged. ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Coming next week. Stay tuned. ⏳ #WIR2026 #InequalityData wid.world/news-article...

One week left to submit to the Call for Papers for the World Inequality Conference 2026, which will take place at the Paris School of Economics on June 4–5, 2026. inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

🟢 Climate change hits the poorest the hardest shows *Chapter 2.1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report* ⚠️The bottom 50% wil bear ¾ of all income losses from climate change by 2050. Read more in the report 🔗 wid.world/news-article...

Research shows strong public support for global climate & redistributive policies — and this new study by @adrien-fabre.bsky.social confirms it, through an original survey representative of the population in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 🇺🇸 Read more: wid.world/news-article...

🔴 Over 500 economists, including WIL co-director @thomaspiketty.bsky.social, call on world leaders to set up an International Panel on Inequality, as recommended by the Extraordinary Committee's report to the #G20, led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social 🔗Letter www.equals.ink/p/sign-on-le...

🚨 We’re hiring! We're looking for a General Manager (M/F) to oversee HR, finance & operations on a fixed term contract 📍 Paris 🕒 Start: Dec 2025 🌍 Bilingual FR/EN required 🎓 Experience: 5+ years in management or research admin Apply now 👉 www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/job-oppor...

🟢 Planned new oil, gas, and coal extraction alone could exhaust the 1.7°C carbon budget — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1.2 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report* outlining the scale of ongoing investments projects. Read more in this thread [1/5]🧵

There's less than 1️⃣ month to go until the deadline for submissions to our #CallForPapers for the 2026 World Inequality Conference. 🏃‍♀️Hurry up and submit your paper by 1 December! inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...

We welcome the @josephestiglitz.bsky.social's report and back its call for a global panel on inequality, modelled after the IPCC. It’s time to scale up the work we’ve championed for over 10 years to measure and address the drivers of inequality. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🟢Wealthy individuals fuel the climate crisis through their investments even more than through their consumption and lifestyles — This is one of the key findings presented in *Chapter 1 of the 2025 #ClimateInequality Report*. Read more in this thread [1/6]🧵

🚨NEW REPORT: The Climate Inequality Report 2025 reveals how wealth inequality and the climate crisis drive each other. What's new in the report? — A thread🧵 Download the report▶️ wid.world/news-article... #cop30 #climatejustice #inequality

Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓ 🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run. Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...

🔴Le replay du Débat de l’Égalité avec @lucaschancel.bsky.social autour de son dernier livre est désormais disponible👇 "L'histoire montre que les sociétés contemporaines ont le choix dans l'organisation du contrôle de l'énergie" youtu.be/X5bXwcd8qcg?... @editionsduseuil.bsky.social @pse.bsky.social

Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both? 👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

👇 A lire dans @lemonde.fr, l'interview de @lucaschancel.bsky.social au sujet de son dernier livre 'Energie et Inégalités'. Rencontre + dédicaces jeudi 9 octobre, 18h à Paris School of Economics👉 S'inscrire inequalitylab.world/fr/event/deb... @pse.bsky.social @editionsduseuil.bsky.social