In many developing countries, the increasing public interest in monitoring economic inequality and mobility is hindered …

In many developing countries, the increasing public interest in monitoring economic inequality and mobility is hindered …

relationship between inequality and redistribution is nonmonotonic; societies with intermediate levels of inequality consolidate …We develop a theory of political transitions inspired in part by the experiences of Western Europe and Latin America … redistributive than a nondemocratic regime, and this gives the elite an incentive to mount a coup. Because inequality makes democracy …