The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world. These are defined as rich list members, top CEOs, elected politicians and top bureaucrats, interest groups (business organisations, lobbies, unions). The website is developing data from 15 nations, including the US, UK, and Russia. It includes:
- Biographical data on the members of the economic elite (gender, age, place of birth, nationality, etc.).
- Socio-economic origins
- Wealth of individuals as communicated in the media.
- Educational background (university education, educational institution, type of degree, discipline, etc.).
- Career (position held, duration, in which company or organisation, etc.)
- Variables on the most important companies on the national economic scene (market capitalisation, turnover, number of employees, etc.).
There are national sections, details on methodology and links to publications including this recent article .
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