Didier Jacobs

Didier Jacobs is special advisor to the president at Oxfam America. He was previously a researcher in Oxfam America's Policy Department, specializing in global governance and international finance. He is the author of Global Democracy: The Struggle for Political and Civil Rights in the 21st Century

A Extrema Desigualdade Não é Dirigida Pelo Mérito Mas Pela Busca De Renda E Pela Sorte

Será que nossas maiores fortunas refletem de fato o mérito?

Por Didier Jacobs and Sam Pizzigati Defensores de nosso ordenamento econômico global profundamente desigual tiveram que colocar um pouco mais de horas extras no mês passado. Tiveram que explicar a mais recente evidência – do órgão global […]

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Extreme Inequality Is Not Driven by Merit, but by Rent-Seeking and Luck

Debunking the meritocratic argument on its own terms

By Didier Jacobs and Sam Pizzigati Defenders of our deeply unequal global economic order had to put in a bit of overtime last month. They had to explain away the latest evidence — from the global […]

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They Don’t Just Hide Their Money. Economist Says Most of Billionaire Wealth is Unearned.

The concentration of wealth from rent-seeking

2016 April 8 By Didier Jacobs The 62 richest people in the world own as much wealth as half of humanity. Such extreme wealth conjures images of both fat cats and deserving entrepreneurs. So where did […]

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