We provide a comprehensive view of widening income inequality in the United States contrasting conditions since 1980 …

In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail …: democracy does not lead to a uniform decline in post-tax inequality, but can result in changes in fiscal redistribution and …

Is inequality harmful for economic growth? Is the underdevelopment of Latin America related to its unequal distribution … of wealth? A recently emerging consensus claims not only that economic inequality has detrimental effects on economic … growth in general, but also that differences in economic inequality across the American continent during the 19th century are …

. This enables them to reduce the amount of redistribution and public good provision in democracy. Moreover, the inefficient … with an inefficient state is more likely to arise when there is greater inequality between the rich and the poor, when …

the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …