Reposted by Marco RanaldiPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Economists: "Let's assume away the problem". Sociologists: "Let's make the problem the paper". 0305
Reposted by Marco RanaldiYonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 15/09/2026Happy to see our paper on dividend tax reforms out in Fiscal Studies (@theifs.bsky.social)! On a conceptual note, dividend tax is unusual among widely used taxes: it falls heavily on the top 1% (and barely at all on the bottom 90%), while still having the potential to raise substantial revenue 1/2 1144
Reposted by Marco RanaldiPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Next at the @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Atkinson Conference: @janetgornick.bsky.social keynote on cross-national inequality data and the history of @lisdata.bsky.social. 1245
Reposted by Marco RanaldiPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Now at the @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Atkinson Conference: Measuring Wealth & Top Incomes. Four papers on what estates reveal, why ethnic wealth gaps widen, how we compare inequality, and who receives capital income. 1123
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I've started a Substack, launching with two pieces 👇 What AI means for the future of research: 👉 marcoranaldi.substack.com/p/this-is-my... How broadening capital ownership can help us navigate the AI shift: 👉 marcoranaldi.substack.com/p/broadening... Stay tuned!marcoranaldi.substack.comBroadening Capital Ownership in the Age of AIIt is difficult to predict the impact the AI revolution will have on the global economy. 010
Reposted by Marco RanaldiJanet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The @stone-lis.bsky.social WP series added linked papers; together, a comprehensive portrait of inequality trends: #128: Wealth Inequality Trends Around the World. #131: Is Income Inequality on the Rise Everywhere? Both also posted at @lisdata.bsky.social stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research-dat... 0105
Reposted by Marco RanaldiStone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A new WP introduces the Wealth Inequality Trends Database of the GC Wealth Project to summarize the main findings on levels & trends in wealth inequality around the world using multiple data sources, & shows that wealth inequality has increased in about 60% of the countries analyzed. bit.ly/4vaa7Uz 173
Reposted by Marco RanaldiStone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026New from the GC Wealth Project! Introducing a novel global database on the historical evolution of EIG taxes for more than 170 countries and all U.S. states (from 2006). Working paper by Twisha Asher, Luca Giangregorio, @morellisal.bsky.social, @schechtlm.eurosky.social & Francesca Subioli. 163
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 19/05/2026📢 Tomorrow! @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social map the global distribution of capital income across the 21st century, highlighting its implications for inequality analysis. Register now ⬇️eventbrite.co.ukCapitalization of the world: global distribution of income from propertyThis talk provides new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income. 0116
Reposted by Marco RanaldiPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so... 25276106
Reposted by Marco RanaldiYanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A small but significant victory in a massive battle to defend human rights and international law. Francesca has been vindicated even in the courts of the superpower that sanctioned her for doing her duty www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comFederal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on occupied Palestinian territoriesTrump officials likely violated Francesca Albanese’s rights by imposing measures after she criticized Israel, says judge 4289105
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Felice di partecipare a Radio Incredibile per parlare di disuguaglianze economiche, capitale e salario, e del loro legame con le sfide della rivoluzione tecnologica di questi tempi 🌍 📅 Lunedì 11 Maggio 🕘 21:15 (ITA) YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFlK...youtube.comIoDivulgoForte S7Ep21: Disuguaglianze economiche con Marco RanaldiYouTube video by Radio Incredibile 010
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Il declino economico italiano da una prospettiva globale 🌍 I lavoratori più poveri, nel top 10% mondiale negli anni ’90, oggi appartengono alla classe media globale Articolo completo sull’Italian Economic Journal: shorturl.at/uSRpe 1/3 110
Reposted by Marco RanaldiJanet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The GC Wealth Project, a flagship project of the GC CUNY Stone Center, presents an overview of its core work in Scientific Data. Check out this vast collection of data on wealth levels/trends/composition and more. Multiple expansions and updates coming soon! wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/index.html 👇project.gc.cuny.edu 044
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Publishing Social Sciences with Nature Portfolio Journals An event jointly organized by the London Inequality Network and UCL CNET 📍 UCL 🗓️ 12 May, 16:00 👉 Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...eventbrite.co.ukPublishing Social Sciences with Nature Portfolio JournalsWhat editors look for, how it works, and how to position your research—w/ Sebastián Villamizar-Santamaría. 075
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/04/2026“First, capital income is absent or negligible for most of the world population... Second, capital income is extraordinarily concentrated among a small fraction of individuals at the very top”. @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlogbuff.lyCapitalisation of the world: global distribution of income from property, 2000-2020How large is capital income in household incomes around the world, and how unequally is it distributed across individuals - shaping global economic inequality? 083
Reposted by Marco Ranaldimorellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026What drives the growth of private wealth? Has inequality increased? How does tax policy shape wealth across generations? Now published in Nature-Scientific Data: the data descriptor of the GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse by @stone-lis.bsky.social & Roma Tre University www.nature.com/articles/s41... 12813
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 14/04/2026What is the role of capital ownership in shaping global economic inequality? @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social show that capital income has expanded rapidly around the world but remains concentrated among a small fraction of individuals at the very top. #LSEInequalitiesBlogblogs.lse.ac.ukCapitalisation of the world: global distribution of income from property, 2000-2020How large is capital income in household incomes around the world, and how unequally is it distributed across individuals - shaping global economic inequality? 085
Reposted by Marco RanaldiPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...ucl.ac.ukUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 03237
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLondon Inequality Network (LIN) @londoninequality.bsky.social · 09/03/2026📣 Event Announcement! Join us on Wednesday, March 25 at 16:00 at Imperial Business School for the next London Inequality Workshop. We'll have four excellent speakers, followed by informal drinks nearby. More details below 👇 184
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Delighted to be part of this panel on global inequality at the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference (RES 2026) in Newcastle on 6 July — if you are attending the conference, do join us for the session! 022
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 13/03/2026📣 New III working paper by @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social They provide new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income, and the implications for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism. 🔗 buff.ly/HHadHIv 066
Reposted by Marco RanaldiStone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026The GC CUNY Stone Center is excited to announce our two newly selected postdoctoral scholars, Jasmine Simington and Chris Pulliam! They will start their two-year appointments at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social in August. Welcome, Jasmine and Chris!stonecenter.gc.cuny.eduThe Stone Center Announces an Eighth Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars - Stone Center on Socio-Economic InequalityAn eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars will join the Stone Center for two-year appointments that begin in August 2026. Jasmine Simington was selected for the position that focuses on wealth inequal... 0111
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Don't miss the next London Inequality Workshop! Details below! 045
Reposted by Marco RanaldiThe Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The world may be “capitalizing,” but for many, property income remains a mirage. Our hidden gem of the week reveals that although capital income inequality has declined, ownership remains exclusive. By @brankomilan.bsky.social & @marcoranaldi.bsky.social at @stone-lis.bsky.social buff.ly/m5XkTf6 033
Reposted by Marco RanaldiINET Complexity Economics @inet-complexity.bsky.social · 26/02/2026In our next #ComplexityEconomics seminar on 4 March @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's Peter Gal will be talking about the macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across the globe. Online and in person www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/mirac...inet.ox.ac.ukMiracle or Myth? The macroeconomic productivity gains from AI across…The presentation will focus on the expected macroeconomic productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence (AI) over a 10-year horizon in OECD and G20… 053
Reposted by Marco RanaldiIgnacio Flores @ignacioflores.bsky.social · 23/02/2026[WID.world update] Our R and Stata tools are now upgraded to support larger downloads (database grew fast and some workflows were failing). New releases are live on CRAN (R) and SSC (Stata). Previous fails with Java-related errors should now run. Problems? stats@wid.world @wid.world 0174
Reposted by Marco RanaldiBranko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026If you think of the Earth as of an ongoing enterprise where some people receive income without working but just from ownership of Earth's land resources and produced capital, how concentrated is such income? Have many people receive nothing from the Earth, its resources and its capital? 1208
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026New paper on the capitalization of the world, together with @brankomilan.bsky.social, out today! A short thread follows below 👇 093
Reposted by Marco RanaldiEric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Pete was a dedicated teacher, a supportive colleague, a complete sweetheart, and unrivalled as the nicest person at SSEES. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...ucl.ac.ukPeter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026)We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan. 172
Reposted by Marco RanaldiBranko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026On social tables & their methodology. 052
Reposted by Marco RanaldiBranko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The end of a long period of decreasing global inequality? Concept 3 is Gini between world citizens calculated from some 110+ representative national household surveys with incomes of individuals expressed in PPP dollars. 12011
Reposted by Marco RanaldiYonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 30/12/2025🚨 We're hiring an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Economics Only 5 days left to apply. See details 👇 01927
Reposted by Marco RanaldiHannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 22/12/2025If you’re looking for some holiday reading, my new book — Clearing the Air — is on offer at £1.99 on Kindle for the next 24 hours. Hope you enjoy! www.amazon.co.uk/Clearing-Air... 1110522
Reposted by Marco RanaldiThomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions. 👇Share this thread, share the report! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...youtube.comWorld Inequality Report 2026YouTube video by World Inequality Lab 3177131
Reposted by Marco RanaldiBranko Milanovic @brankomilan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025My paper with Shlomo Yitzhaki whose work and life we shall celebrate on May 20, 2026 at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Decomposing World Income Distribution: Does the World Have a Middle Class? Review of Income & Wealth, 2002. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comDecomposing World Income Distribution: Does The World Have A Middle Class?Using the national income/expenditure distribution data from 111 countries, we decompose total inequality between the individuals in the world, by continents and regions. We use Yitzhaki’s Gini decom... 184
Reposted by Marco RanaldiAndrea Capussela @andreacapussela.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Podcast on my @politybooks.bsky.social book, in St Andrews splendid @rbpodcast.bsky.social series. I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and @brankomilan.bsky.social's reform programmes www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br... 064
Reposted by Marco RanaldiWorld Inequality Lab @wid.world · 08/12/2025South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with the top 10% earning 70% of all pretax income. New study by A. Gethin & L. Czajka shows that inequality in 2019 was as high as in 1993. Racial inequality reduced only because top 10% Black incomes surged. ▶️ wid.world/news-article...wid.worldRacial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa - WID - World Inequality DatabaseRacial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South Africa The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international aca... 01715
Reposted by Marco RanaldiPaul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/12/2025Checking off your pre-🎄to-do list? Don’t forget to submit your paper to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM)! 🗓️ 5–8 May 2026 | 📍 University of Bristol School of Economics 🔗 www.baem.info Send us your best work!baem.infoBristol Applied Economics Meetings 081
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Great having you with us, Salvatore! Your impressive work on inheritance and wealth inequality, from the collection of new data and stylised facts to methodological innovations that improve its measurement, will, I am sure, continue to profoundly influence the inequality debate in the years to come! 0104
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLondon Inequality Network (LIN) @londoninequality.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Happening today! 043
Reposted by Marco RanaldiElena Butti @elenabutti.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Delighted to share that as of today I’m joining @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social as Assistant Professor! I’ll be researching violence against youth across Latin American cities. Grateful to the @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social for being a wonderful home over the past years. More at www.elenabutti.com. 131
Marco Ranaldi @marcoranaldi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Segnalo questo articolo di Nicolò Bellanca su MicroMega, che analizza il tema della disuguaglianza composizionale e presenta alcune delle ricerche mie e di @brankomilan.bsky.social su capitale e lavoro!micromega.netIl nuovo capitalismo: quando le élite uniscono lavoro e capitaleNel nuovo capitalismo i redditi da lavoro si sommano a quelli da capitale. Spetta alla sinistra immaginarne una vera democratizzazione. 031
Reposted by Marco RanaldiLondon Inequality Network (LIN) @londoninequality.bsky.social · 26/11/2025📢One week to go! There is still some time to sign up! 👇 066
Reposted by Marco Ranaldimorellisal.bsky.social @morellisal.bsky.social · 21/11/2025L'ultimo Rapporto Povertà di Caritas Italiana ospita anche un mio saggio, con Giacomo Gabbuti. Parliamo delle disuguaglianze esistenti e del come e perché occuparsene. Felici di aver ospitato la presentazione all'università Roma Tre. La registrazione completa👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ht... 021
Reposted by Marco RanaldiMaximilian Kasy @maxkasy.bsky.social · 22/11/2025My colleagues are organizing a workshop on *AI for economic research* next March. Paper submission is open now! icms.ac.uk/activities/w...icms.ac.ukAI and Economics - ICMSWorkshop Template 031