Inequality and Economic Policy

Edited by Tom Church, Chris Miller and John Taylor

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Abstract: Inequality and Economic Policy draws from a 2014 Hoover Institution conference on inequality in honor of Gary Becker to explore various measures of inequality in America and address the issue of why it is increasing. In looking at this question and examining policy implications, the authors draw on research on human capital and intergenerational mobility. They attempt to answer the key policy question of what to do, with particular attention paid to those at the bottom of the income distribution and the overall effects on economic growth. Does the United States have an inequality problem? Or should policy makers focus instead on America’s growth problem? What do we know empirically about the results of previous attempts to reduce inequality? Would government policies that reduce inequality boost growth or hinder it? Clear answers to these questions are crucial if we are to make sense of the current debate about inequality.

Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8179-1904-7
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Chapters in this book:

Background Facts

James Piereson

Conclusions and Solutions

John Cochrane, Lee Ohanian and George P. Shultz

Income and Wealth in America

Kevin M. Murphy and Emmanuel Saez

Intergenerational Mobility and Income Inequality

Jörg Spenkuch

Introduction

Tom Church, Chris Miller and John Taylor

Remembering Gary Becker

Edward P. Lazear and George P. Shultz

The Broad-Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent

Joshua D. Rauh

The Economic Determinants of Top Income Inequality

Charles Jones

The Effects of Redistribution Policies on Growth and Employment

Casey Mulligan

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