Daniel Waldenström

Professor of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Sweden

Daniel Waldenström is professor of economics at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden, and has held research positions at Uppsala University, Paris School of Economics and UCLA. His research centers on inequality, taxation and economic history. He is the author of Richer and More Equal (2024).

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Written by Daniel Waldenström

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essayEconomics

Is inherited wealth bad?

Despite associations with the idle rich, the fact that inheritances are rising is a sign of a healthy, growing economy

Daniel Waldenström

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essayProgress and modernity

The great wealth wave

The tide has turned – evidence shows ordinary citizens in the Western world are now richer and more equal than ever before

Daniel Waldenström