The Rising Tide : Answering the Right Questions in the Inequality Debate

In a companion paper, “People Not Ratios: Why the Debate over Income Inequality Asks the Wrong Questions,” we argue that many inequality activists have been asking and answering the wrong questions in their quest to help the poor. Instead of analyzing the mathematical ratios between high and low incomes, poor people are better served by higher living standards. This paper proposes a policy agenda to raise living standards for poor people around the world

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Young, Ryan
Other Persons:	Murray, Iain (contributor)
Publisher:	[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (44 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 25, 2016 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2789023 [DOI]
Classification:	D30 - Distribution. General ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; E58 - Central Banks and Their Policies ; E59 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking and the Supply of Money and Credit. Other ; G18 - Government Policy and Regulation ; J30 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs. General
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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