Combating inequality : rethinking government's role

Author(s)

• Blanchard, Olivier (Olivier J.)
• Rodrik, Dani

Bibliographic Information

Combating inequality : rethinking government's role

edited Olivier Blanchard and Dani Rodrik

MIT Press, c2021

• : hardcover

Note

"A major conference on inequality at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in October 2019."--P. [xi]

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Leading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality. Economic inequality is the defining issue of our time. In the United States, the wealth share of the top 1% has risen from 25% in the late 1970s to around 40% today. The percentage of children earning more than their parents has fallen from 90% in the 1940s to around 50% today. In Combating Inequality, leading economists, many of them current or former policymakers, bring good news: we have the tools to reverse the rise in inequality. In their discussions, they consider which of these tools are the most effective at doing so.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC07148551
• ISBN:
  • 9780262045612
• LCCN: 2020008513
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 287 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB523
  • DC23 : 339.2/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Income distribution -- Government policy
  • LCSH : Equality -- Economic aspects
  • LCSH : Equality -- Government policy