IFN in the Press

Michael Sherman, Skeptic Magazine, and Daniel Waldenström, researcher at IFN, discuss the contents of Waldenström's new book ”Richer and More Equal”.

The Spanish economic news site Libre Mercado has published a long interview with Professor Daniel Waldenström about wealth and equality: "The Swedish expert who has definitively disproven Piketty's and the radical left's theses about the 'explosion of inequality' in the West."

Stone Center Affiliated Scholar Daniel Waldenström argues in his new book, Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West, that Western society — particularly the middle class — is not only wealthier now than a century ago, but that wealth inequality has declined. Stone Center Senior Scholar Salvatore Morelli, the director of the GC Wealth Project, joins him in a discussion of the positive and negative aspects of wealth accumulation, what Waldenström calls the “old narrative” of the wealth distribution over the last 130 years, and whether to include public pensions in wealth measurements.

Daniel Freeman of the Institute of Economic Affairs interviews Professor Daniel Waldenström, researcher at IFN, about his new book, "Richer & More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West".  Waldenström's research suggests that wealth inequality has decreased over the past century, with the middle class experiencing significant growth in wealth accumulation.

Daniel Waldenström, a professor of economics and reasearcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), joins Human Progress podcast to discuss the decline of wealth inequality in the Western world.

S’appuyant sur les analyses de l’économiste français, les contempteurs du libéralisme dénoncent la croissance des inégalités. Pour l’économiste suédois Daniel Waldenström, Piketty se serait pourtant trompé.

Spain has recently eliminated the food VAT, and Coop’s CEO has also suggested a similar proposal to the Minister of Finance. But Daniel Waldenström, professor at IFN,  says to SVT that reducing food VAT is not an effective way to assist the poorest and should not be prioritized.

Daniel Waldenström, IFN, and Spencer Bastani, affilitadt to IFN, are referred to in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Daniel Waldenström, IFN, and Spencer Bastani, IFAU and affiliated to IFN, write a column on the ability gradient in tax responsiveness in Vox EU.

Daniel Waldenström, IFN, writes a column on wealth in Vox EU.

Daniel Waldenström, IFN, writes about income inequality in Vox EU.

Daniel Waldenström, IFN, is mentioned in Radio Sweden, the English version of Swedish National Radio.