Confronting Inequality How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth

Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve economic growth. In this book, three International Mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ostry, Jonathan D. 1962- author (author), Berg, Andrew, author, Loungani, Prakash, author
Otros Autores: Stiglitz, Joseph E. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press [2019]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623423606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • 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