World inequality report 2018

Part I. The WID.world project

The measurement of economic inequality

Part II. Trends in global income inequality

Global income inequality dynamics

Trends in income inequality between countries

Trends in income inequality within countries

Income inequality in the United States

Income inequality in France

Income inequality in Germany

Income inequality in China

Income inequality in Russia

Income inequality in India

Income inequality in the Middle East

Income inequality in Brazil

Income inequality in South Africa

Part III. Public versus private capital dynamics

Wealth-income ratios across the world

The evolution of aggregate wealth-income in developed countries

Comparing the experiences of former communist states

Capital accumulation, private property, and rising inequality in China

The rise of private property in Russia

Part IV. Trends in global wealth inequality

Global wealth inequality: trends and projections

Comparing trends in personal wealth inequality across the world

Wealth inequality in the United States

Wealth inequality in France

Wealth inequality in Spain

Wealth inequality in the UK

Part V. Tackling economic inequality

What is the future of global income inequality?

Tackling rising inequality at the top: the role of progressive taxation

Tax policy in a global environment: the case for a global financial register

Tackling inequality at the bottom: the need for more equal access to education and good-paying jobs

A message from the past: let governments invest in the future.