The Instrumental Harms of Inequality

S. Subramanian ()
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Chapter Chapter 3 in Inequality and Poverty, 2019, pp 5-6 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Inequality can be morally offensive both because it is objectionable in itself and because it has harmful consequences. Chapter 2 explored the first idea, and this chapter here explores the second idea. It is noted, in the present chapter, that inequality can be instrumental in causing damage to a number of desired social and economic outcomes, including income growth, efficiency, societal harmony, and a population’s good health.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8185-0_3

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