Equality and efficiency : the big tradeoff / / Arthur M. Okun ; foreword by Lawrence Summers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828874803321
• Autore: Okun Arthur M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Collana: Brookings Classic
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Comparative economics; Equality
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / Lawrence Summers -- Rights and dollars -- The case for the market -- Equality of income and opportunity -- Increasing equality in an efficient economy -- Further thoughts on equality and efficiency -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1975, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff is a very personal work from one of the most important macroeconomists of the last hundred years. And this new edition includes ""Further Thoughts on Equality and Efficiency,"" a paper published by the author two years later. In classrooms Arthur M. Okun may be best remembered for Okun's Law, but his lasting legacy is the respect and admiration he earned from economists, practitioners, and policymakers. Equality and Efficiency is the perfect embodiment of that legacy, valued both by professional economists and those reade