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A tale of US inequality - the crossover between the top and bottom
Research from Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman looks at inequality and economic growth in the US.
Emmanuel Saez
Emmanuel Saez is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Equitable Growth at the University of California Berkeley. His research focuses on tax policy and inequality both from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Jointly with Thomas Piketty, he has constructed long-run historical series of income inequality in the United States that have been widely discussed in the public debate.
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