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During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
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1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...
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: Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14 (3), Summer, 217 …
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countries -- 7. Norms of equality in a changing world : evidence from six countries -- 8. Norms of need and minimum wages -- 9 …
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This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development
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This volume investigates the relationship between globalization, inequality and social capital, and reveals that although strongly related, these ideas are also highly contested. The authors elucidate the interactions between these concepts, looking in detail at the conflicts and competitiveness...
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Bob Sutcliffe (2004), 'World Inequality and Globalization', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 20 (1), March, 15 …-37 -- Anthony B. Atkinson and Andrea Brandolini (2010), 'On Analyzing the World Distribution of Income', World Bank Economic Review …Recommended readings (Machine generated): François Bourguignon and Christian Morrisson (2002), 'Inequality Among World …
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this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching …
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The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. The authors show that in the US, trends are...
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