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Inequality and the New Deal
Belabed, Christian A. - 2016
policy design did take seriously the problem of inequality? Using official documents such as transcripts of Roosevelt … recovery in the 1930s, especially the New Deal. The role of income inequality before and during the Great Depression, however …, has almost never been discussed thoroughly. This paper attempts to answer two questions. Firstly, was inequality perceived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477411
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Income distribution and the Great Depression
Belabed, Christian A. - 2015
capitalism, the Great Depression. However, the role of rising income inequality, which has risen dramatically before both crises …, is rarely discussed. In this paper we discuss the rise of top-end inequality and its effects on household consumption … period of interest. We argue that income inequality is linked to the increase of household consumption and the simultaneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304482
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Income distribution and the Great Depression
Belabed, Christian A. - 2015
capitalism, the Great Depression. However, the role of rising income inequality, which has risen dramatically before both crises …, is rarely discussed. In this paper we discuss the rise of top-end inequality and its effects on household consumption … period of interest. We argue that income inequality is linked to the increase of household consumption and the simultaneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289390
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Economic planning under capitalism: The new deal and postwar France experiments
de Carvalho, Fernando J. Cardim - 2019
By the beginning of the 20th century, the possibility and efficacy of economic planning was believed to have been proven by totalitarian experiments in Germany, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser degree, Fascist Italy; however, the possibilities and limitations of planning in capitalist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142970
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Economic Planning Under Capitalism : The New Deal and Postwar France Experiments
Cardim de Carvalho, Fernando J. - 2019
By the beginning of the 20th century, the possibility and efficacy of economic planning was believed to have been proven by totalitarian experiments in Germany, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser degree, Fascist Italy; however, the possibilities and limitations of planning in capitalist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893419
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Economic planning under capitalism : the new deal and postwar France experiments
Carvalho, Fernando J. Cardim de - 2019
By the beginning of the 20th century, the possibility and efficacy of economic planning was believed to have been proven by totalitarian experiments in Germany, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser degree, Fascist Italy; however, the possibilities and limitations of planning in capitalist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974796
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Lessons from the New Deal: Did the New Deal prolong or worsen the Great Depression?
Hannsgen, Greg; Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. - 2009
Since the current recession began in December 2007, New Deal legislation and its effectiveness have been at the center of a lively debate in Washington. This paper emphasizes some key facts about two kinds of policy that were important during the Great Depression and have since become the focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281725
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"Lessons from the New Deal--Did the New Deal Prolong or Worsen the Great Depression?"
Hannsgen, Greg; Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. - Levy Economics Institute - 2009
Since the current recession began in December 2007, New Deal legislation and its effectiveness have been at the center of a lively debate in Washington. This paper emphasizes some key facts about two kinds of policy that were important during the Great Depression and have since become the focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531420
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The Match King, Chapter 9 : The Author's Cut
Partnoy, Frank - 2010
In this essay, I try to rebut some of the skepticism about the possibility of business narrative, not directly (by engaging the theory), but obliquely (by giving an example of the practice). I hope to illuminate a few aspects of the utility of business narrative by examining the telling of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138824
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What to Make of Unprofitable Corporate Social Responsibility
Seidler, Reagan - 2020
Many companies lose money by acting responsibly. So why do they do it?Because in a favourable business climate, companies act generously.Decades of empirical tests have yet to confirm that corporate social responsibility is and has been a financially responsible business strategy. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834295