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Summary
Emmanuel Saez’s academic website features inequality research, public economics courses, and policy analysis. Contains downloadable papers on income/wealth distribution, optimal taxation, and wealth tax proposals. Includes collaboration with Piketty and Zucman on World Inequality Database, Real-Time Inequality tracker, and course materials for undergraduate/graduate public economics. Provides data, slides, and policy scoring for wealth tax legislation.
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How to use
This resource helps students analyze inequality economics and optimal tax theory through primary research. Students gain competencies in interpreting distributional data, understanding tax policy design, and evaluating wealth concentration measures. They learn to connect theoretical models with empirical evidence on income distribution. The website works well in courses on public economics, inequality studies, or economic policy. Introduce when covering tax theory or distributional analysis. Use research papers for case studies of empirical methods and course materials for structured learning. Particularly valuable before examining wealth taxation debates or inequality measurement techniques. Faculty should highlight methodological appendices and encourage students to explore the Real-Time Inequality and World Inequality Database for hands-on data analysis.
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Lesson/Teaching Plans
Engage students as co-facilitators and content contributors rather than passive recipients. Students should prepare discussion questions and share relevant experiences that enrich planned activities. Build flexibility for organic learning moments that emerge from student interests. Use plans as frameworks for shared inquiry rather than rigid scripts.
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