Emmanuel Saez

Emmanuel Saez
Saez in 2019
Born	(1972-11-26) November 26, 1972 (age 51) Spain
Nationality	French American
Academic career
Institution	University of California, Berkeley
Field	Public economics Economic history
School or tradition	New Keynesian economics[1]
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paris School of Economics
Doctoral advisor	James M. Poterba[2] Peter Diamond[2]
Influences	Anthony Barnes Atkinson
Contributions	Research on inequality
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (2009) MacArthur Fellowship (2010)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Emmanuel Saez (born November 26, 1972) is a French, naturalized American economist who is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.^[3] His work, done with Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman, includes tracking the incomes of the poor, middle class and rich around the world. Their work shows that top earners in the United States have taken an increasingly larger share of overall income over the last three decades, with almost as much inequality as before the Great Depression. He recommends much higher marginal tax rates, of up to 70% or 90%.^[4] He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 2009, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship in 2010, and an honorary degree from Harvard University in 2019.