Israel: the most unequal economy among advanced countries
Paul Krugman sheds light on Israel inequality issue. The Gini coefficients shows that the country even surpassed the US.
Inequality rised AFTER the crisis
The last Credit Suisse report shows that the top 1% of the income distribution held 48% of income in 2014 against 44% in 2007. Read more...
Financial inclusion to tackle inequality
In a recent post from the IMF, solutions have been suggested to improve financial inclusion, a cause of inequality and lower growth....
Rajan’s theory challenged: inequality does not explain the credit boom
This post provide some evidence that, previous the great depression, credit boom and inequality were not correlated. The lesson that...
Wage inequality and firm growth
Holger Mueller, Paige Ouimet and Elena Simintzi explain how to measure the skills premium (the wage difference between high and...
A comparison between US and Europe’s attitudes toward inequality
Judith Niehues points out a paradox : in the US where income inequality is high federal authorities do little to tackle the issue whereas...
Could inequality be challenged by luxury industries?
Misha Pinkhasov makes a surprising connection between inequality and the role of luxury industry. According to him, luxury products can...
Is growth really effective in inequality reduction?
Rupert Read exposes (Part 1 and of his OECD InsightBlog post) an anti-growth point of view on inequality, criticizing massively Thomas...
Japanese people and the inequality issue
Yuriko Koike explains that Japan has historically lower levels of inequality, because of high inheritance and income tax rates for rich...
Publicly funded innovation as a source of inequality?
Kemal Dervis suggests a notable approach to explain rising inequalities today. He sees the significant involvement of government in...