Ludvig Wier is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at UC Berkeley. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen. His research and teaching focuses on international taxation, inequality, and development. In that context, he is also working as a consultant to the UNU-WIDER, IMF and the National Treasury in South Africa. He has previously worked as a public sector management consultant in the Boston Consulting Group and as an assistant economist at the Danish Ministry of Finance. Finally, Ludvig is the founder of Economists Without Borders - a non-profit delivering free consultancy to charitable projects. To read more go to www.ludvigwier.com