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@WIL_inequality
The open source for global #InequalityData, both within countries and between countries. #InequalityReport
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    Apr 17, 2024
    Each year poor countries send 2⃣ - 3⃣% of their GDP to the rich world while they could be investing that amount in education, health or climate policies, found @gatonievas & @AliceSodano. ❗️It's time to overthrow this rich world privilege ▶️tinyurl.com/mryzeya7 #springmeetings
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    Dec 14, 2017
    TODAY is the release of the 1st World Inequality Report 📈 wir2018.wid.world 👉 Discover 175 million datapoints about wealth and income #inequality in the world. #wir2018
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    Nov 6, 2023
    🔴LIVE with @DAcemogluMIT, @lucas_chancel, and @PikettyWIL to discuss the book #PowerAndProgress. The recording will be available soon on our YouTube channel in the #EqualityDebate playlist 👉tinyurl.com/3wxcjjvk
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    Mar 19, 2024
    "The 'Billionaire Raj' is now more unequal than the British colonial Raj." 1 month before #IndiaElections, @Nitin_K_Bharti @lucas_chancel @PikettyWIL @anmol_smnch publish a new paper on the long-run evolution of income and wealth inequality in India 🇮🇳 ▶️tinyurl.com/yz4h777s
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    Nov 28, 2024
    📉Since 1980, global inequality between countries has dropped👉The income gap between the richest 10% of countries & the poorest 50% shrank from 20x to 9x. 📈 But within countries, inequality soared👉The gap between the top 10% & bottom 50% nearly doubled from 10x to 18x.
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    Feb 1, 2024
    📰NEW PAPER by @guido_alfani In the last 700 years, inequality of income and wealth has tended to grow continuously, with 2 exceptions: 👉After the Black Death pandemic of 1347-52 👉From the beginning of World War I to the mid-1970s ⏩More findings⏩shorturl.at/bixDX
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    Nov 19, 2024
    The World Inequality Lab is happy to announce the update of its database! 🪩 Get more insights into the 2024 #inequalitydata by checking our news posts: 👉10 facts on global inequality in 2024 wid.world/news-article/1… 👉A closer look at six regions wid.world/news-article/i…
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    Sep 27, 2023
    🗓️Join us for the next EQUALITY DEBATE, with @DAcemogluMIT presenting #PowerAndProgress 💻Online, Monday, Nov 6, 5pm CET Find out more👇 inequalitylab.world/en/event/power…
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    May 24, 2024
    "Indian billionaires are largely an upper caste club". @Nitin_K_Bharti @lucas_chancel @PikettyWIL @anmol_smnch propose a new #WealthTax package on the wealthiest 0.04% to tackle economic & caste inequalities and invest more in health & education in 🇮🇳 ▶️t.ly/B_wHQ
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    World Inequality Lab | WID.world
    @WIL_inequality
    Dec 22, 2023
    📢We just updated the World Inequality Database with new wealth #InequalityData up to 2022. Read more🧵 👉
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    What’s new about wealth inequality in the world? - WID - World Inequality Database
    What’s new about wealth inequality in the world?The 2023 update of the World Inequality Database includes wealth inequality data up to 2022.
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    Nov 27, 2023
    📢@amorygethin and Matt Fisher-Post have built a new comprehensive database on the distribution of taxes and transfers in 1⃣5⃣1⃣ countries since 1⃣9⃣8⃣0⃣. 💻Explore the #InequalityData ⏩wid.world 📝Read the Paper⏩ wid.world/news-article/g…
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    Nov 22, 2023
    🌐We just released a major update of #InequalityData up to 2022! 🔎 Explore what's news on WID.world through 3 lenses ⏩wid.world/news-article/3… @UNDP @taxobservatory @PSEinfo
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    Nov 28, 2023
    📝 NEW WORKING PAPER Collecting detailed archival data on the coercion intensity of all serfs in Estonia (1580s to 1730s), @tomraster provides the first causal estimate of the effect of labor scarcity on labor coercion. Read more👉wid.world/news-article/c… #EconTwitter
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    Dec 12, 2023
    🔎How are emissions associated with asset ownership distributed across the population? @lucas_chancel and Yannic Rehm develop a new framework to measure individual carbon footprints extending beyond the traditional consumption-based approach. More here👉wid.world/news-article/t…
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