This paper discusses the thesis put forward by Piketty (2014a) stressing the risk of an explosion of wealth inequality … inequality than the one highlighted in the book —namely, a world-wide global tax on capital. …

incomes of high-skilled survivors, thus increasing inequality. …

After much empirical documentation of patterns of inequality, we address in this paper the need for a convincing … interpretation of the causes of inequality in advanced countries. We set the current debate in the context of the evolution of ideas … on inequality, including the debate on Thomas Piketty's book. We argue that four 'engines of inequality' can be …