Annotation, What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century? Tony Atkinson and Francois Bourguignon assemble the expertise of leading authorities in this survey of substantive issues

Distributional issues may not have always been among the main concerns of the economic profession. Today, in the beginning of the 2000s, the position is different. During the last quarter of a century, economic growth proved to be unsteady and rather slow on average. The situation of those at...