Stuck in the middle [electronic resource] : is fiscal policy failing the middle class? / Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors.
Contributor(s): Estache, Antonio | Leipziger, Danny M | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009Description: viii, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Fiscal policy -- Case studies | Middle class -- Government policy -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 339.5/2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Overview : fiscal policy, distribution, and the middle class / Antonio Estache and Danny Leipzinger -- Stylized facts on the middle class and the development process / Andr�es 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.
"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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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