Tag Archives: Thomas Piketty

Septiembre de 2018   Abstract. Using post-electoral surveys from France, Britain and the US, this paper documents a striking long-run evolution in the structure of political cleavages. In the 1950s-1960s, the vote for left-wing (socialist-labour-democratic) parties was associated with lower education and lower income voters. It has gradually become associated with higher education voters, giving […]

Septiembre de 2018   • Key question: whyhasn’tdemocracyslowedrisinginequality? • Weobserve risinginequalityin mostworld regionssince1980 • One couldhave expectedrisingpoliticaldemandfor redistribution • So whydo weseemore xenophobicpopulismand identity-based politics (Brexit, Trump, Le Pen, Modi, AfD, etc.), ratherthanmore class-based (income-basedand wealth-based) politics? • Wastheresomethingunique about 1950-1980 egalitarianperiod? Whydidithappenand whydiditend? Will ithappenagain? • Do weneedextremecircumstances(wars, crisis, revolutions, etc.) to producethe kindof […]