Growth, Inequality, and Globalization Theory, History, and Policy |
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Author:
| Aghion, Philippe Williamson, Jeffrey G. |
Series title: | Raffaele Mattioli Lectures |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-65070-0 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $171.95 |
Book Description:
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Two of the world's leading economists, Professors Philippe Aghion (a theorist) and Jeffrey Williamson (an economic historian), jointly question the conventional wisdom on inequality and growth, and address its inability to explain recent economic experience. Professor Aghion assesses the affects of inequality on growth, and asks whether inequality matters: is excessive inequality bad for growth, and is it possible to reconcile aggregate findings with mcroeconomic theories of...
More DescriptionTwo of the world's leading economists, Professors Philippe Aghion (a theorist) and Jeffrey Williamson (an economic historian), jointly question the conventional wisdom on inequality and growth, and address its inability to explain recent economic experience. Professor Aghion assesses the affects of inequality on growth, and asks whether inequality matters: is excessive inequality bad for growth, and is it possible to reconcile aggregate findings with mcroeconomic theories of incentives? Jeffrey Williamson then discusses the Kuznets hypothesis, and focuses on the causes of wage and income inequality in developed economies.