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- Over 1,500 academics and economists from 100+ countries signed a letter backing the Panel on Inequality.
- U.S. Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, economist Daron Acemoglu, economist Thomas Piketty and economist Mariana Mazzucato also signed.
- Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz will chair the panel, which seeks to become the leading authority on inequality.
- UN chief António Guterres and Spain, South Africa, Brazil, Norway endorse panel.
- President Donald Trump’s United States remains reluctant to join panel.