inheritance. Wealth–income ratios, inherited wealth, and wealth inequalities were high in the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries … show that over a wide range of models, the long-run magnitude and concentration of wealth and inheritance are an increasing … current trends toward rising wealth–income ratios and wealth inequality might continue during the twenty-first century, both …

issue, researchers have had to use income as a proxy for wealth. We derive a global measure of wealth inequality from Forbes … compare the effect of these three components of wealth inequality on growth to the effects of income inequality and poverty … self-made politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality, and initial poverty have no significant effect …