Inequality, Poverty, and the Fisc in Twentieth-century America
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Income distribution
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 12,17 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Income distribution
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Author : Robert D. Plotnick
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 17,88 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Income distribution
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Author : Dimitri B Papadimitriou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 22,35 MB
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349229539
Author : Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780312094737
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Page : 51 pages
File Size : 13,84 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Income distribution
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Author : Jeffrey G. Williamson
Publisher : New York ; Toronto : Academic Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
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Monograph presenting a macroeconomic analysis of the relationship of economic development to wealth and income distribution inequality trends in the USA from the historical 1770s to the 1970s - rejects the notion that inequality was a necessary precondition of economic growth, and argues that complex interactions among such variables as technological change, labour supply and capital formation were sources of economic disparity. Bibliography pp. 335 to 349 and graphs.
Author : Daniel T. Lichter
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Poor
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Author : Anthony Barnes Atkinson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 46,21 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9780444816313
Author : Stephen P. Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,45 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199671028
The so-called Great Recession that followed the global financial crisis at the end of 2007 was the largest economic downturn since the 1930s for most rich countries. To what extent were household incomes affected by this event, and how did the effects differ across countries? This is the first cross-national study of the impact of the Great Recession on the distribution of household incomes. Looking at real income levels, poverty rates, and income inequality, it focusses on the period 2007-9, but also considers longer-term impacts. Three vital contributions are made. First, the book reviews lessons from the past about the relationships between macroeconomic change and the household income distribution. Second, it considers the experience of 21 rich OECD member countries drawing on a mixture of national accounts, and labour force and household survey data. Third, the book presents case-study evidence for six countries: Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. The book shows that, between 2007 and 2009, government support through the tax and benefit system provided a cushion against the downturn, and household income distributions did not change much. But, after 2009, there is likely to be much greater change in incomes as a result of the fiscal consolidation measures that are being put into place to address the structural deficits accompanying the recession. The book's main policy lesson is that stabilisation of the household income distribution in the face of macroeconomic turbulence is an achievable policy goal, at least in the short-term.
Author : Peter H. Lindert
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691178275
A book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequality Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience. America has been exceptional in its rising inequality after an egalitarian start, but not in its long-run growth. America had already achieved world income leadership by 1700, not just in the twentieth century as is commonly thought. Long before independence, American colonists enjoyed higher living standards than Britain—and America's income advantage today is no greater than it was three hundred years ago. But that advantage was lost during the Revolution, lost again during the Civil War, and lost a third time during the Great Depression, though it was regained after each crisis. In addition, Lindert and Williamson show how income inequality among Americans rose steeply in two great waves—from 1774 to 1860 and from the 1970s to today—rising more than in any other wealthy nation in the world. Unequal Gains also demonstrates how the widening income gaps have always touched every social group, from the richest to the poorest. The book sheds critical light on the forces that shaped American income history, and situates that history in a broad global context. Economic writing at its most stimulating, Unequal Gains provides a vitally needed perspective on who has benefited most from American growth, and why.