Confronting Inequality How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth /
Ostry, Jonathan D.
Confronting Inequality How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth / Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Andrew Berg. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (192 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Inequality: Measures and Drivers; 3. Inequality and Sustained Growth; 4. Structural Policies and Inequality; 5. Financial Globalization and Inequality; 6. Austerity and Inequality; 7. Central Banks and Inequality; 8. Technology, Robots, and Inequality; 9. Remedies for Inequality-Redistribution; 10. Conclusions; Data Appendix; Technical Appendix; Glossary; References; Index
Three International Monetary Fund economists show that the increase in inequality has been a political choice-and explain what policies we should choose instead to achieve a more inclusive economy. Confronting Inequality is a rigorous and empirically rich book that is crucial for a time when many fear a new Gilded Age.
9780231527613
Income distribution.
Equality--Economic aspects.
Economic development.
Electronic Books.
HC79 / .C664 2019
Confronting Inequality How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth / Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Andrew Berg. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (192 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Inequality: Measures and Drivers; 3. Inequality and Sustained Growth; 4. Structural Policies and Inequality; 5. Financial Globalization and Inequality; 6. Austerity and Inequality; 7. Central Banks and Inequality; 8. Technology, Robots, and Inequality; 9. Remedies for Inequality-Redistribution; 10. Conclusions; Data Appendix; Technical Appendix; Glossary; References; Index
Three International Monetary Fund economists show that the increase in inequality has been a political choice-and explain what policies we should choose instead to achieve a more inclusive economy. Confronting Inequality is a rigorous and empirically rich book that is crucial for a time when many fear a new Gilded Age.
9780231527613
Income distribution.
Equality--Economic aspects.
Economic development.
Electronic Books.
HC79 / .C664 2019