Does housing wealth contribute to wealth inequality?
par Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau In a response to Capital in the twenty-first century, Odran Bonnet, Pierre-Henri Bono, Guillaume Chapelle and Etienne Wasmer (2014) attempt to show […]
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On debate in economics
By Guillaume Allègre, @g_allegre To Bernard Maris, who nurtured debate on economics with his talent and his tolerance You have reasons for not liking economists. This […]
Doesn’t real estate capital really contribute to inequality?
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau In a response to Capital in the twenty-first century, Odran Bonnet, Pierre-Henri Bono, Guillaume Chapelle and Etienne Wasmer (2014) […]
Why read Piketty?
By Jean-Luc Gaffard Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the twenty-first century has met with an extraordinary reception, one that is commensurate with both the empirical […]
The critique of capital in the 21st century: in search of the macroeconomic foundations of inequalities
By Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau In his book Capital in the 21st Century, Thomas Piketty offers a critical analysis of the dynamics of capital […]
Is the French tax-benefit system really redistributive?
By Henri Sterdyniak [1] France has set up benefits such as RSA income support, PPE in-work negative income tax, CMU universal health care, the minimum pension, housing […]