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Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy

Volume II: Regions and Regularities

Herausgegeben: Loparo, Kenneth A.; Stiglitz, Joseph

Beschreibung

It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom.

Autor

Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He served on President Clinton's economic team as a member and then Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors in the mid-1990s. He then joined the World Bank as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President. Kaushik Basu is the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank currently on leave from Cornell where he is Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies. Previously he served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.

Produktdetails

• International Economic Association Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-55457-4
• 1st edition 2016
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 637g
• ISBN-13: 9781137554574
• ISBN-10: 1137554576
• Artikelnr.: 43920670

Rezensionen

"This valuable and timely collection results from an International Economics Association gathering in Dead Sea, Jordan ... . this is a valuable collection not only for development economists but for all those interested in the classical issues of political economy." (Valpy FitzGerald, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 56 (2), June, 2018)