Illuminating the debate through data-driven research #inequalitydata✨ Hosting the World Inequality Database🌐 https://wid.world/ https://inequalitylab.world/en/https://bsky.app/profile/wid.worldhttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mtisvuycac2mHow Much Do We Need to Degrow to Save the Planet? This was the title of one of our sessions at the World Inequality Conference 2026, where we posed the question to Tejal Kanitkar, @jasonhickel.bsky.social, and Nicholas Stern. Watch full session & more from the conference▶️ https://youtu.be/95RY5TSBY2c?si=2VRKncXRg532o5wU20 Aug 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtisvuycac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mt2gdlxhuk2pIn a special Independence Day edition of Outlook India magazine, @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social @lucaschancel.bsky.social @thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @anmol-smnch.bsky.social challenge the idea that India should chase growth above all and treat inequality as a concern only for rich countries.14 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2gdlxhuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3msx7g2ygis25How India’s caste system has influenced redistributive spending? Study by P. Chakrabarti suggests that reducing inequality in hierarchical societies requires addressing not only material deprivation, but also questions of dignity & representation within state institutions▶️ https://wid.world/news-article/politics-of-dignity-how-status-inequality-shaped-redistributive-politics-in-india/13 Aug 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx7g2ygis25https://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mra3v4b2ec2u𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 and 𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 in conversation at the World Inequality Conference 2026👇 Watch the full session on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/jY9iFdWSbd0?si=HAZMDJRTgz2auDMO22 Jul 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra3v4b2ec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mr666e5rhs23Tomorrow 22 July @thomaspiketty.bsky.social will present the Global Justice Report during a UN DESA Webinar. 📺 Watch live on YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5AiZ83mXY 🕚 11:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT 🕔 17:00–18:00 PM CEST21 Jul 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr666e5rhs23https://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mp4cxwwm7s2s🟣 Videos from the plenary sessions at the 2026 World Inequality Conference are now available online! Watch them now ▶️ globaljusticeproject.wid.world/video/25 Jun 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4cxwwm7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mofjgdj7ik2x📣 New Working Paper: Why did income inequality decline so dramatically during the twentieth century? New research suggests that structural transformation—from an agricultural economy to a more diversified, industrialised economy —played a crucial role. https://wid.world/news-article/income-inequality-and-structural-transformation-evidence-from-swedish-micro-data1870-1970/16 Jun 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofjgdj7ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mnyyrmkvok2tIf you missed it, read @theguardian.com extensive coverage of our new #GlobalJusticeReport. You may want to start with this excellent piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social More in thread 🧵 👇 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival11 Jun 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyyrmkvok2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mngyp3cblk2tToday we are launching the Global Justice Project. This is the result of two years of research involving more than 40 contributors from around the world. We propose a path to €5,000-a-month average incomes for all countries within +1.8°C of warming. 👇👇👇 globaljusticeproject.wid.world https://globaljusticeproject.wid.world/04 Jun 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mngyp3cblk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mkkrqzdx7k22📢 Second Conference ECINEQ–Latin American Chapter 📍Montevideo, 🇺🇾 📆 Oct 28–29, 2026 📝Submissions welcome on theoretical and empirical analysis on inequality, mobility, employment, poverty, and exploitation. Submit by June 30, 2026 🔗 https://fcea.udelar.edu.uy/ecineq-lac-second-conference-english-2026.html28 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkrqzdx7k22https://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mkalivei6s24Using our data from wid.world, @lemonde.fr shows where members of the Lecornu government sit in France’s income and wealth distribution. Almost all are in the top 10% for income and wealth, a reminder of how political representation maps onto inequality. ⬇️ https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2026/04/22/ce-que-revelent-les-declarations-de-patrimoine-du-gouvernement-lecornu-papin-le-plus-fortune-farandou-les-plus-hauts-revenus-darmanin-le-plus-modeste_6682446_4355770.html24 Apr 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkalivei6s24https://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mka55zivrk2kIt was a pleasure to welcome Amira Saber Kandil, Egyptian senator and President of the Human Rights Committee, to the World Inequality Lab this week. She met with our co-director @rowaida96.bsky.social for a rich exchange on inequality and taxation, climate change, and international cooperation.24 Apr 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka55zivrk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mk6a2txkk22eNew working paper: New evidence on income inequality in early 20th-century Spain 📊 Using a forgotten poll tax (1874–1943), Miguel Artola Blanco & Joana Pujadas-Mora show inequality was high, especially in the South and in larger cities. More ▶️ https://wid.world/news-article/measuring-income-inequality-using-a-graduated-poll-tax-spain-1874-1943-2/23 Apr 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6a2txkk22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wid.world/post/3mjoptai5zs2s📣Registration just opened for the 2026 World Inequality Conference, and there are already only a few spaces left. Hurry up to register! https://inequalitylab.world/en/event/world-inequality-conference-2026/17 Apr 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:bzyf5mrucernrcjsjwgdgolt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoptai5zs2s