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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.5/2
• Soggetto topico: Fiscal policy; Middle class - Government policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: EstacheAntonio LeipzigerDanny M
• 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 / 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.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stuck in the middle
• ISBN: 1-282-13131-1; 9786612131318; 0-8157-0345-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454022803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II