Thomas Piketty

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Piketty’s call for more aggressive redistribution may finally be answered by politicians

Housing issue is affecting disposable income, mobility, competitiveness and quality of life

ESRI study also reveals that State has largely bucked trend towards income inequality

Two centuries later, the ‘father of communism’ should not be judged on disciples’ excesses

He’s charismatic, an economic success and a player on the world stage. But that’s not enough to impress the French

Chris Johns: As a first step to cutting income inequality, let’s make pensions mandatory

People well housed should pay a bit more to help local authorities fund social housing

Europe Letter: Income disparity has bad effects and must be tackled, warns ECB chief

Paschal Donohoe on overly admiring takes on Thomas Piketty’s landmark C21

Practitioners of the ‘alchemy of finance’ appear to be out of the dock

In the US and UK, the rich will get richer and the poor will get nothing

President’s decision not to seek re-election widely welcomed on both left and right

Its not as simple as the young and poor versus the rich and the old

Some disadvantaged groups have death rates up to six times that of better-off people

Irish experts among 300 who signed Oxfam letter ahead of anti-corruption London summit

Revenue says has sought access to papers of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca

Opinion: Those who argue that student loans will lead to a lifetime of debt do not see personal loans that way

‘Paul Graham’s essay stands exposed as a rather flimsy defence of the sort of money-obsessed start-up culture that he represents’

Self-help documentary 'The Secret' helped instill athlete’s unshakeable confidence

No tax is paid worldwide on aircraft or ship fuel despite those sectors’ huge emissions

19 French cities, including Paris, join global movement to divest shares in oil and gas

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and French inequality expert are well known opponents of austerity and will advise Jeremy Corbyn

With ‘The Hidden Wealth of Nations’ Zucman is positioning himself as this year’s Piketty - and he has a message for Ireland

Despite debt talks reversals, weak opposition may wind up propelling Syriza back to power

Review: A useful 1997 ‘primer’ is published in English for the first time, writes Tom Healy

The starting point should not be to ask who is to blame but what is likely to work

The ‘Skippy Dies’ author hadn’t planned to write his next novel, ‘The Mark and the Void’, about the financial crash, but he couldn’t help himself once he read about bankers’ antics

Assertion comes amid reports of heated dispute between institution and Athens

Economist Thomas Piketty says euro zone is wasting valuable time in the Greek crisis

It was a bad year for the economy and for inflation and employment, but 2009 was also the year inequality fell to its lowest level on record, says a report

Lack of institutional coherence has damaged the euro area, French economist says

Chief financial officers are being lured into technology far more than banking

Increasing wealth is being concentrated in the hands of fewer people

Gap widening as over 33% of earnings in hand of top 10% of earners, report finds

Income share of top earners has doubled since 1980s, while bottom 90% has lost share of income

International clients include those involved in arms trade and blood diamonds

Team of journalists from 45 countries unearths secret bank accounts maintained for criminals, traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities

French economist says Europe should learn from Japan that monetary policy alone can’t prevent the economy entering deflation

French communist party leader Pierre Laurent ‘absolutely thrilled’