WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Raphaele Chappe, writes on the policy implications of Thomas Piketty's analysis on inequality.

WORKING PAPER | Taylor builds a model of growth and income distribution that shows Piketty's gloomy prediction of an ever greater share of income going to the rich to be far from inevitable.

RELAB WORKING PAPER | This study concludes that 401(k)-type retirement plans exacerbate recessions.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Gregor Semieniuk, writes on the theoretical assumptions underlying Thomas Piketty's forecast of a growing share of income going to the rich.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | by Worldly Philosopher Anthony Bonen

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Gregor Semieniuk, writes on the trade-off between increased computing power and climate change.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Anthony Bonen, writes on economists' contribution to efforts to mitigate against climate change.

WORKING PAPER | Authors examine large public financial flows that are both progressive and regressive, and construct tax and transfer programs that could be more beneficial for all.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Katherine Moos, writes on austerity and the social safety net.

RELAB POLICY NOTE | This report documents the consequences of declining employer-sponsored plans in New York City.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Rishabh Kumar, writes on the wealth inequality debate.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Anthony Bonen, writes on the economic and social costs of unmitgated climate change.

WORLDLY PHILOSOPHER | This week's Worldly Philosopher, Raphaele Chappe, writes on the increasing inequality in free-market dynamics.

RELAB WORKING PAPER | This report finds that only a bare majority of workers in Minnesota have access to retirement accounts at work.

WORKING PAPER | This paper analyzes the feedback mechanisms between economic downturns and financial stress for several euro-area countries.

WORKING PAPER | This working paper clarifies one of the most important aspects in evaluating the SCC in IAMs - the damage function - which maps environmental changes to economic impacts.

POLICY NOTE | In 1950, the United States could claim racial equity in one important respect - both black and white American men who reached age 65 could expect to live to 77.

WORKING PAPER | This paper examines the distribution of profit rates in the United States using firm-level data to examine the theory of the equalization of the rate of profit.

POLICY NOTE | This research contradicts the highly cited Rienhart and Rogoff study, which states that debt higher than 90% of GDP will negatively affect a country's economic growth.

PRESENTATION | Taylor's presentation provides a long-run analysis of economic growth and CO₂ emissions.