2021 | Jason Hickel

Less is more. How degrowth will save the world.

The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will le...

2022 | Thomas Blanchet, Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman

Realtime Inequality - Who Benefits from Income and Wealth Growth in the United States?

Realtime Inequality provides the first timely statistics on how economic growth is distributed across groups. When new growth numbers come out each quarter, the economists from Berekely show how each income and...

2018 | Facundo Alvaredo, Lucas Chancel, Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman

The report is based on data collected from more than 100 WID.world Fellows across five continents, compiled, unified and fed into the World Wealth and Income Database (see www.wid.world/team for more information).

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Intergenerational wealth transmission and homeownership in Europe–a comparative perspective

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The literature on social and wealth inequality has long acknowledged the importance of intergenerational wealth transmission (IWT) to inequality in homeownership tenure. However, it has paid insu...

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Since 1997 | Capgemini

The annual World Wealth Report is the global benchmark for capturing the High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), their wealth, and the global and economic conditions driving change in the wealth management industry.

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Since 2010 | Credit Suisse

A comprehensive and up-to-date resource: The Global wealth report analyzes the household wealth of 5.2 billion people across the globe. Multi-faceted and eye-opening.