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N2  - "The New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called "equality-efficiency trade-off" - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced in many economies are detrimental to the economy. Moreover, recent economic experiments and other evidence confirm that most citizens are committed to fairness and are willing to sacrifice to help those less fortunate than themselves. Incorporating the latest results from behavioural economics, the new microeconomics of credit and labor markets, Bowles shows that escalating economic disparity is not the unavoidable price of progress. Rather it is policy choice - often a very costly one"--
AB  - "The New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called "equality-efficiency trade-off" - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced in many economies are detrimental to the economy. Moreover, recent economic experiments and other evidence confirm that most citizens are committed to fairness and are willing to sacrifice to help those less fortunate than themselves. Incorporating the latest results from behavioural economics, the new microeconomics of credit and labor markets, Bowles shows that escalating economic disparity is not the unavoidable price of progress. Rather it is policy choice - often a very costly one"--
T1  - The new economics of inequality and redistribution
DA  - 2012.
CY  - Cambridge :
AU  - Bowles, Samuel.
CN  - ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete
CN  - HB523
PB  - Cambridge University Press,
PP  - Cambridge :
PY  - 2012.
ID  - 1398457
KW  - Income distribution.
KW  - Fairness.
SN  - 9781139530682
SN  - 1139530682
SN  - 9781139526012
SN  - 1139526014
SN  - 9781139528405
SN  - 1139528408
TI  - The new economics of inequality and redistribution
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