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The Guardian view on inequality and the super-rich: the status quo is unsustainable

Editorial: Growing private wealth, combined with public austerity, is undermining the health of western democracies

The Guardian - UK

Labour failed but New Zealand can’t put a wealth tax ‘back in the bottle’

Labour party couldn’t ‘sell’ the tax in the last election but the policy won’t fade away as global concern over wealth inequality deepens

The Guardian - AU

From Piketty’s Capital to Hawking’s The Theory of Everything: can one book explain it all?

Millennia-spanning takes on history, evolution and economics are booming. But who buys these ‘grand theory’ books? And do they actually read them?

The Guardian - UK

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First Thing: Dutch election results put Geert Wilders’ far-right party in lead

European far-right leaders celebrate success of Wilders’ Party for Freedom, which has won 37 seats. Plus, welcome to the world of gossip surveillance

The Guardian - UK

Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty

French economist says class inequality must be at centre of climate response and calls for progressive carbon taxes

The Guardian - UK

Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

Is capitalism the problem? Experts weigh in on ways to address the great carbon divide

The Guardian - UK

Economists warn electing far-right Milei would spell ‘devastation’ for Argentina

More than 100 economists including Thomas Piketty and Jayati Ghosh publish open letter ahead of country’s 19 November election

The Guardian - US

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Educated voters in Canada tend to vote for left-leaning parties while richer voters go right

It is hard to miss the increasing attention dedicated to transgender rights in contemporary politics.

The Conversation

Angus Deaton on inequality: ‘The war on poverty has become a war on the poor’

The Nobel prize winner and author of new book Economics in America argues economists must get back to serving society

The Guardian - US

Europe’s rightward drift is not set in stone: our new research should give hope to the left

We’ve examined French voting data going back to the revolution – and it shows the politics of migration is a dead end, say authors Julia Cagé and Thomas Piketty

The Guardian - UK

A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and make it less profitable to pollute – a new analysis shows why

About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a surprising bestseller. It was called “Capital in the 21st Century.” In it, Thomas Piketty traces the history of income and wealth inequality over the past couple of hundred years.

The Conversation

OPINION - Declining honours is the new receiving honours

There’s a line I’ve thought about on and off for the best part of a decade but never had reason to share – until now. Back in 2015, the French economist and author of the best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty, revealed he had turned down the Légion…

Evening Standard

How education became the new faultline in British politics

A growing number of voters are graduates and they are becoming less likely to back the Conservatives, threatening to redraw the country’s electoral map

Financial Times

Alan Kohler: The undemocratic independent Reserve Bank

Politicians refer so often to the “independent” Reserve Bank that its initials should change to the IRBA, writes Alan Kohler.

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Is debt cancellation the way forward for Sri Lanka?

As 182 economists from around the world issued a call to cancel Sri Lanka’s debt, not all experts agree.

Tribune News Service

Taxes to soar 200% for rich Colombians in bill inspired by Thomas Piketty

When Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, unveiled a plan to impose a wealth tax on the rich just hours after being sworn in, the alarm bells rang only so loudly in the fashionable neighborhoods of Bogota and Medellin.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: The hubris of central bankers and the limits of money

Once again central banks, including Philip Lowe’s Reserve Bank, have kept extreme monetary policies in place for too long

Businessweek

America’s Inequality Problem Just Improved for the First Time in a Generation

The collective wealth of the bottom 50% of households has nearly doubled in two years. Can the fragile gains continue?

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The Conversation

The multiple faces of inequality in India

Known for its caste system, India is often thought of as one of the world’s most unequal countries. The 2022 World Inequality Report (WIR), headed by leading economist Thomas Piketty and his protégé, Lucas Chancel, did nothing to improve this reputation. Their research showed that the gap between the rich…

The Guardian - UK

Bill Gates: ‘Vaccines are a miracle. It’s mind-blowing somebody could say the opposite’

The Microsoft co-founder takes questions from scientists, academics and readers on Ukraine, Covid, Jeffrey Epstein and more

The Walrus

A War on the Rich? A New Book Aims to Dispel Anger toward Affluence

We shouldn’t criticize the 1 percent, In Defence of Wealth insists—we should thank them

Radio France Internationale

Leading economists call for global 'list' to target hidden wealth, tax evasion

Leading economists are urging G20 leaders to draw up a world asset register for tracking tax evaders that could pressure Russia over the Ukraine invasion by exposing oligarchs' hidden wealth.

The Conversation

French election: as Marine Le Pen makes it to second round, the left-wing vote is what troubles president Emmanuel Macron

After the first round of the 2017 presidential election in France, economist Thomas Piketty suggested that while there were four candidates on very close scores at the head of the field (Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, François Fillon and Jean-Luc Mélenchon), in reality France was divided into three political camps:…

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg to publish a ‘go-to source’ book on the climate crisis

The Climate Book will include contributions from scientist Katherine Hayhoe, economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret Atwood

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