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Falling behind Falling behind Robert H. Frank Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry … OL16063641W
Le capital au XXIe siècle Le capital au XXIe siècle Thomas Piketty What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic… OL16814568W
Income redistribution Income redistribution Colin D. Campbell Papers presented at a conference held in Washington, D.C. from May 20 to May 21, 1976. OL16993220W
Happiness and hardship Happiness and hardship Carol Graham,Stefano Pettinato "In Happiness and Hardship, Carol Graham and Stefano Pettinato argue that the political sustainability of market-oriented growth is determined as much by relative income levels and trends as by absol… OL1883401W
Illusions of prosperity Illusions of prosperity Joel Blau "In Illusions of Prosperity, Blau launches a far-reaching assault on the idea that "the market" knows best. Blau writes that while the share of the national income held by the bottom four-fifths of t… OL1927051W
The Great Escape The Great Escape Angus Deaton A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuries The world is a better place t… OL19367028W
Poverty and income distribution in Latin America Poverty and income distribution in Latin America George Psacharopoulos "Highly empirical analysis documents increase in poverty and worsening of income distribution during 1980s. Demonstrates that low levels of education increase incidence of poverty and income inequali… OL19557375W
Post-cowboy economics Post-cowboy economics Thomas Michael Power,Richard Barrett Are the economic woes afflicting the North American West caused by increasingly strict environmental regulations on natural resource industries such as mining and logging? In "Post-Cowboy Economics",… OL20904217W
Brief History of Equality Brief History of Equality Thomas Piketty " Les questions économiques sont trop importantes pour être laissées à une petite classe de spécialistes et de dirigeants. La réappropriation citoyenne de ce savoir est une étape essentielle pour tra… OL26347574W