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Thomas Piketty
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Professor at EHESS & PSE
Co-Director, World Inequality Lab
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Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and Centennial Professor of Economics in the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics (LSE). .. more

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Jun 19
What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries?

From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.

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Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab
The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.
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EQUALS @equalshope.bsky.social · 10d
New EQUALS episode is out ft @thomaspiketty.bsky.social

Financial flows to north from south now exceed 1% of global GDP — more than all development aid.

Piketty explains how debt & reserve currencies favor the North and what could actually change it.
🎧 Tune in: www.equals.ink/p/the-great-...

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 10d
To better understand what made the Trump shock possible, and how to confront it in the future, we must turn to its roots, namely, to Project 2025
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Project 2025, from nightmare to reality
The year 2025 was marked by the Trump shock: an unprecedented wave of extreme brutality, unapologetic nationalism, and unrestrained extractivism that shook the world as never before since 1945. To …
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you to all WID fellows for their inputs, and in particular to @ricardo-eco.bsky.social, who wrote and coordinated the report, as well @lucaschancel.bsky.social & @rowaida96.bsky.social who edited it.

This report benefited from the support of the @undp.org and the European Union.

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d
Building on the 2018 and 2022 editions, the #WIR2026 draws on the contributions of over 200 scholars from all over the world affiliated with the World Inequality Lab and contributing to the World Inequality Database wid.world - the largest database on the historical evolution of global inequality.
Home - WID - World Inequality Database
Home The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international academic consortium.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d
You can read the World Inequality Report 2026 in 10 different languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portugese, Spanish, Russian, and Thai
wir2026.wid.world/download/

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d
The 3rd edition of our World Inequality Report is prefaced by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & Jayati Ghosh.

It comes at a challenging political time, but is more essential than ever to continue the historic movement toward equality.

Explore the report ▶️ wir2026.wid.world
World Inequality Report 2026
The World Inequality Report 2026 offers the most up-to-date synthesis of international research efforts to track global inequalities.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d
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!
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World Inequality Report 2026
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 17d
📰 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

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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · 18d
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.

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Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa - WID - World Inequality Database
Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international aca...
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · Nov 17
🟢 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...

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Adrien Fabre @adrien-fabre.bsky.social · Nov 14
🎴NEW PAPER!🎴

Majorities in 11 HICs support:
✅Foreign aid
✅Debt relief for low-income countries (LICs)
✅An international carbon price financing a worldwide basic income
✅An international 2% tax on wealth above $1 million with 30% funding LICs
and much more.

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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · Nov 14
🔴 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...

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Nov 11
Le Pen’s RN has become the party of billionaires
By voting to save the ultra-rich, the RN has clearly positioned itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on every level, much like Trump’s Republican Party
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Le Pen’s RN has become the party of billionaires
How can France break out of its political deadlock? First, by accepting the idea that democracy requires clear and accepted transfers of power to function properly. Always keeping the same people i…
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Oct 29
Very important read ahead of #cop30 👇

The 2025 #ClimateInequality Report brings together pioneering research conducted by @wid.world and universities worldwide and was edited by @lucaschancel.bsky.social & @cmohren.bsky.social with inputs from @pbothe.bsky.social @stellamuti.bsky.social