Inequality and Growth

Patterns and Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID19946692
EditorsKaushik Basu (0000-0002-3705-055X), Joseph E Stiglitz (0000-0001-6149-046X)
Year2016
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueInequality and Growth : Patterns and Policy : Volume I (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137554543
OpenAlexW2482158359
ISBN9781137554543
Open LibraryOL27974090M
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited2

It was a part of the wisdom of mainstream economics that in the early stages of development inequality would rise but as growth persisted, it would, eventually, decline. Early evidence seemed to suggest that this pattern would be borne out. But, as time passed and growth persisted, inequality continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom. The aim of this two-volume book is to analyze the current state of global and regional inequality, dissect the phenomenal increase in inequality that we have seen occur in recent times, and better understand the complex relationship between inequality and development. The political instability and conflict that we see around the world, arguably, has connection to economic deprivation of large segments of society and the perception of marginalization. This two-volume work acquires a special significance in the light of these developments

Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Inequality · Mainstream · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Mathematics · Business & Economics · Development · Economic conditions · Economic development · Income distribution · Macroeconomics

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