{"product_id":"combating-inequality-isbn-9780262045612","title":"Combating Inequality","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeading economists and policymakers consider what economic tools are most effective in reversing the rise in inequality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEconomic inequality is the defining issue of our time. In the United States, the wealth share of the top 1% has risen from 25% in the late 1970s to around 40% today. The percentage of children earning more than their parents has fallen from 90% in the 1940s to around 50% today. In \u003ci\u003eCombating Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e, leading economists, many of them current or former policymakers, bring good news: we have the tools to reverse the rise in inequality. In their discussions, they consider which of these tools are the most effective at doing so.Introduction: We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality xi \u003cbr\u003eOlivier Blanchard and Dani Rodrik \u003cbr\u003eI The Landscape 1 \u003cbr\u003e1 Ten Facts about Inequality in Advanced Economies 3 \u003cbr\u003eLucas Chancel \u003cbr\u003e2 Discussion of the Landscape 31 \u003cbr\u003ePeter Diamond \u003cbr\u003eII Ethical and Philosophical Dimensions 39 \u003cbr\u003e3 Time for New Philosophical Foundations for Economic Theory? 41 \u003cbr\u003eDanielle Allen \u003cbr\u003e4 What Kinds of Inequality Should Economists Address? 49 \u003cbr\u003ePhilippe Van Parijs \u003cbr\u003e5 Why Does Inequality Matter? 59 \u003cbr\u003eT. M. Scanlon \u003cbr\u003eIII Political Dimensions 65 \u003cbr\u003e6 Wealth Inequality and Politics 67 \u003cbr\u003eBen Ansell \u003cbr\u003e7 The Political Conditions Necessary for Addressing Inequality 75 \u003cbr\u003eSheri Berman \u003cbr\u003e8 The Political Obstacles to Tackling Economic Inequality in the United States 85 \u003cbr\u003eNolan McCarty\u003cbr\u003eIV The Distribution of Human Capital 91 \u003cbr\u003e9 A Modern Safety Net 93\u003cbr\u003e Jesse Rothstein, Lawrence F. Katz, and Michael Stynes \u003cbr\u003e10 Education’s Untapped Potential 99 \u003cbr\u003eTharman Shanmugaratnam \u003cbr\u003eV Policies toward Trade, Outsourcing, and Foreign Investment 107 \u003cbr\u003e11 Why Was the “China Shock” So Shocking—and What Does This Mean for Policy? 109 \u003cbr\u003eDavid Autor \u003cbr\u003e12 Trade, Labor Markets, and the China Shock: What Can Be Learned from the German Experience? 117 \u003cbr\u003eChristian Dustmann \u003cbr\u003e13 Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies to Reduce Inequality in Advanced Economies 125\u003cbr\u003eCaroline Freund \u003cbr\u003eVI The (Re)distribution of Financial Capital 135 \u003cbr\u003e14 How to Increase Taxes on the Rich (If You Must) 137 \u003cbr\u003eN. Gregory Mankiw \u003cbr\u003e15 Would a Wealth Tax Help Combat Inequality? 141 \u003cbr\u003eLawrence H. Summers \u003cbr\u003e16 Should We Tax Wealth? 153 \u003cbr\u003eEmmanuel Saez \u003cbr\u003eVII Policies That Affect the Rate and Direction of Technological Change 161 \u003cbr\u003e17 Could We and Should We Reverse (Excessive) Automation? 163 \u003cbr\u003eDaron Acemoglu \u003cbr\u003e18 Innovation and Inequality 171 \u003cbr\u003ePhilippe Aghion \u003cbr\u003e19 Technological Change, Income Inequality, and Good Jobs 177 \u003cbr\u003eLaura D’Andrea Tyson\u003cbr\u003eVIII Labor Market Policies, Institutions, and Social Norms 193 \u003cbr\u003e20 Gender Inequality 195 \u003cbr\u003eMarianne Bertrand \u003cbr\u003e21 Ownership Cures for Inequality 201 \u003cbr\u003eRichard B. Freeman \u003cbr\u003eIX Labor Market Tools 211 \u003cbr\u003e22 Guaranteeing Employment for All 213 \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Darity Jr. \u003cbr\u003e23 Making Work Work 219 \u003cbr\u003eDavid T. Ellwood\u003cbr\u003e 24 The Importance of Enforcement in Designing Effective Labor Market Tools 227 \u003cbr\u003eHeidi Shierholz \u003cbr\u003eX Social Safety Net 235 \u003cbr\u003e25 Enhancing Micro and Macro Resilience by Building on the Improvements in the Social Safety Net 237 \u003cbr\u003eJason Furman \u003cbr\u003e26 The Social Safety Net for Families with Children: What Is Working and How to Do More 245\u003cbr\u003eHilary Hoynes \u003cbr\u003eXI Progressive Taxation 253 \u003cbr\u003e27 Reflections on Taxation in Support of Redistributive Policies 255 \u003cbr\u003eWojciech Kopczuk \u003cbr\u003e28 Why Do We Not Support More Redistribution? New Explanations from Economics Research 263\u003cbr\u003eStefanie Stantcheva \u003cbr\u003e29 Can a Wealth Tax Work? 271 \u003cbr\u003eGabriel Zucman \u003cbr\u003eContributors 277 \u003cbr\u003eIndex 279Olivier Blanchard is C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Robert Solow Professor of Economics Emeritus at MIT. He was Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund from 2008 to 2015. Dani Rodrik is Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and President-Elect of the International Economic Association.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302526374117,"sku":"NP9780262045612","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262045612.jpg?v=1767723945","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/combating-inequality-isbn-9780262045612","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}