Inequality
by A. B. Atkinson · first published 2015
2mentions
0recommended by
2HN commenters
2011–2017first – last mentioned
100% neutral
Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem—talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate—but there has been little discussion of what we can do but despair. According to the distinguished economist Anthony Atkinson, however, we can do much more than skeptics imagine. Atkinson has long been at the forefront of research on inequality, and brings his theoretical and practical experience to bear on its diverse problems. He presents a comprehensive set
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
…couple of sources for this :). Apologies for the late reply, I also have a day job ;) I would recommend Krugman's Conscience of a Liberal for an entertaining read. He referenced another book, aptly called Inequality[1], which I'm currently going through. Its a little more academic prose so its not something I can finish quickly (in short, its not an entertaining read...not that all books have to be of course). Both…
on “Apple plans to spend $1B to support advanced manufacturing jobs in the U.S” ↗…numbers-oriented people here, I just thought I'd provide a link to a dataset that looks at income distributions within the US from 1913 to 2008: http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~saez/ Under "Income and Wealth Inequality" on that page, click the link titled "(Longer updated version published in A.B. Atkinson and T. Piketty eds., Oxford University Press, 2007)". It is an excel file that contains a metric ton of tables,…
on “Share of Income Gains by Quintile - Great Depression til Now” ↗