TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blanchard, olivier
AU  - Rodrik, Dani
TI  - Combating inequality: Rethinking governments role
SN  - 9780262547253
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - The MIT press
KW  - Business and economics
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Labor studies
N2  - The contributors express widespread agreement that we need to aim policies at economic inequality itself; deregulation and economic stimulus will not do the job. No longer does anyone ask, in relation to expanded social programs, “Can we pay for it?” And most believe that US taxes will have to rise—although they debate whether the progressivity should focus on the revenue side or the expenditure side, through broad-based taxes like the VAT or through a wealth tax aimed at the very top of the income scale. They also consider the philosophical aspects of inequality—whether it is bad in itself or because of its consequences; the risks and benefits of more radical interventions to change the nature of production and trade; and future policy directions
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