| Intro |
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| Title Page |
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| Copyright |
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| Dedication |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Introduction: We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality |
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| I: The Landscape |
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| 1. Ten Facts about Inequality in Advanced Economies |
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| 2. Discussion of the Landscape |
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| II: Ethical and Philosophical Dimensions |
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| 3. Time for New Philosophical Foundations for Economic Theory? |
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| 4. What Kinds of Inequality Should Economists Address? |
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| 5. Why Does Inequality Matter? |
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| III: Political Dimensions |
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| 6. Wealth Inequality and Politics |
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| 7. The Political Conditions Necessary for Addressing Inequality |
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| 8. The Political Obstacles to Tackling Economic Inequality in the United States |
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| IV: The Distribution of Human Capital |
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| 9. A Modern Safety Net |
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| 10. Education's Untapped Potential |
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| V: Policies toward Trade, Outsourcing, and Foreign Investment |
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| 11. Why Was the "China Shock" So Shocking-and What Does This Mean for Policy? |
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| 12. Trade, Labor Markets, and the China Shock: What Can Be Learned from the German Experience? |
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| 13. Combating Inequality: Rethinking Policies to Reduce Inequality in Advanced Economies |
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| VI: The (Re)distribution of Financial Capital |
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| 14. How to Increase Taxes on the Rich (If You Must) |
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| 15. Would a Wealth Tax Help Combat Inequality? |
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| 16. Should We Tax Wealth? |
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| VII: Policies That Affect the Rate and Direction of Technological Change |
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| 17. Could We and Should We Reverse (Excessive) Automation? |
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| 18. Innovation and Inequality |
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| 19. Technological Change, Income Inequality, and Good Jobs |
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| VIII: Labor Market Policies, Institutions, and Social Norms |
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| 20. Gender Inequality |
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| 21. Ownership Cures for Inequality |
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| IX: Labor Market Tools |
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| 22. Guaranteeing Employment for All |
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| 23. Making Work Work |
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| 24. The Importance of Enforcement in Designing Effective Labor Market Tools |
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| X: Social Safety Net |
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| 25. Enhancing Micro and Macro Resilience by Building on the Improvements in the Social Safety Net |
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| 26. The Social Safety Net for Families with Children: What Is Working and How to Do More |
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| XI: Progressive Taxation |
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| 27. Reflections on Taxation in Support of Redistributive Policies |
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| 28. Why Do We Not Support More Redistribution? New Explanations from Economics Research |
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| 29. Can a Wealth Tax Work? |
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| Contributors |
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| Index |
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| Intro |
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| Title Page |
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| Copyright |
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| Dedication |
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| Table of Contents |
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| Introduction: We Have the Tools to Reverse the Rise in Inequality |
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