Contents: Preface / Stephany Griffith-Jones -- Introduction / Guillaume Vallet -- I. Foundations of inequalities -- 1. The question of inequalities during the progressive era in the United States: The "golden mean" program of the economist / Richard T. Ely Michel Rocca -- 2. The progressive view...

"Part of The Elgar Series on Central Banking and Monetary Policy, this book explores the relationship between central banking, monetary policy and income distribution. The usual central bank mandate - that of exclusively fighting inflation - is being increasingly questioned by policymakers and...