Wealthier households obtain higher returns on their investments than poorer ones. How should the tax system account for this return inequality? I study capital taxation in an economy in which return rates endogenously correlate with wealth. The leading example is a financial market, where the...

"If there was any question before, there is no longer a question today: inequality, discrimination, poverty, and mobility are prominent national issues. The notion of "The American Dream" has been sold to generations of young Americans as the idea that working hard and following your dreams will...

Mit seinen voluminösen Bestsellern "Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert" und "Kapital und Ideologie" hat Thomas Piketty eine internationale Debatte über die Ursachen sozialer Ungleichheit in Gang gebracht. Sein neues Buch ist eine bewusst komprimierte Weltgeschichte der sozialen Konflikte und...