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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454022803321

Titolo

Stuck in the middle [[electronic resource] ] : is fiscal policy failing the middle class? / / Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13131-1

9786612131318

0-8157-0345-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EstacheAntonio

LeipzigerDanny M

Disciplina

339.5/2

Soggetti

Fiscal policy

Middle class - Government policy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Overview : fiscal policy, distribution, and the middle class / Antonio Estache and Danny Leipzinger -- Stylized facts on the middle class and the development process / AndreĢs 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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.