Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite.

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

It's not Utopian to believe that we can create a global registry of financial assets so we know who owns what in different countries.

I certainly agree that capital is not a one-dimensional object, and that the return on capital takes very different forms for different assets or different people.

Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite.

We know too little about global wealth dynamics, so we need international transmission of bank information.

Wealth is so concentrated that a large segment of society is virtually unaware of its existence.