RT by PikettyLeMonde: It’s time for more inclusive and effective tax cooperation at the UN. Our letter to antonioguterres https: www.icrict.com

Macron, the social and economic mess By weakening the social state instead of expanding it, the government is weakening the country & missing a historical turning point, which is the transition from the social-national state to the social-global state https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 03 14 macron-the-social-and-economic-mess

Macron, le gâchis social et économique En affaiblissant l’Etat social au lieu de l’étendre, le gouvernement affaiblit le pays et rate un tournant historique, qui est le passage de l’Etat social-national à l’Etat social-global https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 03 14 macron-le-gachis-social-et-economique

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Une brève histoire de l’égalité est maintenant disponible en poche (384p, 6,9 ) Un livre non seulement plus court que les précédents (...) mais aussi plus clair & plus juste La marche vers l’égalité est portée depuis 1789 par les luttes sociales et n’est pas prête de s’arrêter

Emerging from the pension crisis It is by renewing the spirit of justice that we can get out of the crisis: same number of years of contribution for all, priority to small and medium pensions, extension of CSG to high wealth holders https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 02 14 emerging-from-the-pension-crisis

Sortir de la crise des retraites Pour sortir de la crise, il est temps de renouer avec l’esprit de justice: même nombre d’annuités pour tous, priorité aux basses et moyennes retraites, CSG étendue aux hauts patrimoines https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 02 14 sortir-de-la-crise-des-retraites

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New on http: WID.world Climate Inequality Report 2023. Fair Taxes for a Sustainable Future in the Global South A critical blueprint for the future by L. Chancel, P. Bothe & T. Voituriez https: wid.world wp-content uploads 2023 01 CBV2023-ClimateInequalityReport1.pdf https: wid.world news-article climate-inequality-report-2023-fair-taxes-for-a-sustainable-future-in-the-global-south

En librairie cette semaine Un empire bon marché. Histoire et économie politique de la colonisation française 19e-21e s. (D. Cogneau) Un très beau livre que nous sommes heureux de publier avec CageJulia dans la collection Eco-histoires au Seuil. A suivre https: www.seuil.com ouvrage un-empire-bon-marche-denis-cogneau 9782021464382

R to PikettyLeMonde: A fascinating paper showing that wealth is a better indicator than income to measure the rich’s ability to pay, in India just like in the US or in France or everywhere else Bottom line: it’s time for progressive wealth taxes to supplement income taxes https: wid.world news-article do-the-wealthy-underreport-their-income-using-general-election-filings-to-study-the-income-wealth-relationship-in-india

New on http: WID.world: Do the Wealthy Underreport their Income? Using General Election Filings to Study the Income-Wealth Relationship in India, by Ram Singh https: wid.world wp-content uploads 2023 01 WorldInequalityLab WP2023 01 MissingIncomeIndia.pdf

President of the rich, season 2 The government can try to disguise things: the reality is that it has invented a regressive tax that will be imposed exclusively on the least qualified. Those who have started to work at 23 year-old or above will pay zero https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 01 10 president-of-the-rich-season-2

Président des riches, saison 2 Le gouvernement peut chercher à maquiller les choses : la réalité est qu’il a inventé l’impôt régressif pesant exclusivement sur les moins diplômés. Ceux qui ont commencé à travailler à 23 ans et ne paieront rien. https: www.lemonde.fr blog piketty 2023 01 10 president-des-riches-saison-2

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Also new on http: WID.world: More Unequal or Not as Rich? Revisiting the Latin American Exception, by M. de Rosa, I. Flores, M. Morgan Thanks to all for these great works https: wid.world news-article more-unequal-or-not-as-rich-revisiting-the-latin-american-exception-2

Also new on http: WID.world: Measuring the Carbon Content of Wealth Evidence from France and Germany, by L. Chancel, Y. Rehm https: wid.world news-article measuring-the-carbon-content-of-wealth-evidence-from-france-and-germany

Also new on http: WID.world: Real-Time Inequality, by T. Blanchet, E. Saez, G. Zucman https: wid.world news-article real-time-inequality

Also new on http: WID.world: Distributional National Accounts of Taiwan, 1991-2017, by C. Chu, C.Y. Chen, M.J. Lin, H.-L. Su https: wid.world news-article distributional-national-accounts-of-taiwan-1991-2017