This paper examines the influence of political ideology on economic growth in the French democracy since 1871. It does … robustness of the relationship between ideology and growth and the specific channels through which political ideology affects … promoted equity at the expense of economic growth. It also appears that the main channel through which political ideology has …

distribution of risks inside society, the Liberal system wins if the inequality of income is low, and the Beveridgean system wins … if the inequality of income is high. Using a utilitarian criterion, the Beveridgean system always dominates and the …

-called “left-populist” governments, have failed to effectively reduce inequality in the 2000s and have only benefitted from high …

factor contributing to the growth in inequality over the past 30 years. …The OECD recently published a lengthy volume examining the causes of rising inequality in most wealthy countries over … the last three decades. This paper examines that study, finding that the OECD misses most of the story of inequality …

Social Security benefits will have the effect of increasing inequality. …

inequality. We also study the limit value of the discount rate for very long term investments, and the type of information that …