"International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects they may have on both social and economic developments. Income inequality, now at its highest level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the sustainability of European social policy but also...

"There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the social sciences....

Fostering more-competitive labor markets /Joseph E. Stiglitz --The legal case for reform /Sharon Block and Benjamin Elga --Labor market competition: framing the issues /Jared Bernstein and Benjamin H. Harris --Fighting monopsony: a lack of competition that harms workers /Ioana Elena Marinescu -...