Ein Prozent der Weltbevölkerung besitzt über 50 Prozent des Weltvermögens IBM Tendenz steigend. 99 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung diskutieren und verzweifeln, handeln aber nicht. Soziale Ungleichheit ist für Anthony Atkinson, den weltweit führenden Experten, ganz oben auf der ?Agenda der...

What are the effects of austerity on distributional policy? We exploit the autonomy of Italian municipalities in setting non-linear income taxes and the exogenous introduction of a fiscal rule to show that austerity increases tax progressivity. Consistent with this evidence, we find that in a...

What are the effects of austerity on distributional policy? We exploit the autonomy of Italian municipalities in setting non-linear income taxes and the exogenous introduction of a fiscal rule to show that austerity increases income tax progressivity. Consistent with this evidence, we find that...

Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve economic growth. In this book, three...

Over the past decade, global output has grown by more than 3 percent a year and inflation has slowed in most regions. The fruits of this growthhave not been shared equally, however, and income disparities have grownin many countries, developed as well as developing. One of the mostpressing...

Seit Dekaden hören wir, Entwicklung hilft: Die südlichen Länder der Welt schliessen zum reichen Norden auf, die Armut hat sich in den vergangenen 30 Jahren halbiert, bis zum Jahr 2030 ist sie verschwunden. Das ist eine tröstliche Geschichte, die von Politik und Wirtschaft gerne bestätigt...