Stuck in the middle is fiscal policy failing the middle class? / Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors.

Other author Estache, Antonio.
Other author Leipziger, Danny M.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,
Descriptionviii, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Foreword -- Overview : fiscal policy, distribution, and the middle class / Antonio Estache and Danny Leipzinger -- Stylized facts on the middle class and the development process / Andrés Solimano -- The future of global income inequality / Maurizio Bussolo, Rafael E. De Hoyos, and Denis Medvedev -- The scope and limits of subsidies / Markus Goldstein and Antonio Estache -- Policies for lower global wealth inequality / James Davies -- Can happiness research help fiscal policy? / Carol Graham -- The politics of effective and sustainable redistribution / Evelyne Huber, Jennifer Pribble, and John D. Stephens -- Contributors.
Abstract "Examines both economic and social public policy initiatives in its assertion that enhancing the welfare of people in developed and developing nations requires an explicit focus on the middle class"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009000818
ISBN9780815702849 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0815702841 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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