Inequality and policies to restore equal opportunities
have moved to the forefront of the political debate in
many countries. Topping the bestseller lists is Thomas
Piketty’s 700-page study of how the very richest in
society are accumulating an ever-increasing proportion
of national incomes (Capital in the Twenty-first
Century). After the OECD’s flagship publications
Growing Unequal? in 2008 and Divided we Stand in
2011, new analysis by the OECD uses data developed
by Piketty and collaborators on top incomes to look at
trends across countries, and identify concrete policy
options to ensure a fairer distribution of resources and
promote more inclusive growth.
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