Jonathan D. Ostry, Andrew Berg and Charalambos G. Tsangarides
Redistribution, Inequality, and Growth
IMF Staff Discussion Note
IMF, 2014
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Driving new economic growth will require reducing income inequality, according to this IMF report.
Recommendation
While the subject of income inequality gains headlines, real answers to the problem crash headlong into voters’ aversion to more taxes and bigger government. But economists at the International Monetary Fund take a practical look at new data that indicate the possibility of win-win solutions in addressing inequity while spurring growth. getAbstract recommends this timely investigation into the relationships among government redistribution, income inequality and economic growth to executives, policy makers and economists.
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About the Authors
Jonathan D. Ostry, Andrew Berg and Charalambos G. Tsangarides are IMF economists.
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