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Stuck in the middle : is fiscal policy failing the middle class? / Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiscal policy--Case studies.
- Fiscal policy.
- Middle class--Government policy--Case studies.
- Middle class.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- 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 / Andres 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612131318
- 9781282131316
- 1282131311
- 9780815703457
- 0815703457
- OCLC:
- 430511608
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