Ostry / Loungani / Berg Confronting Inequality

How Societies Can Choose Inclusive Growth
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-52761-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Three International Monetary Fund economists show that the increase in inequality has been a political choice—and explain what policies we should choose instead to achieve a more inclusive economy. Confronting Inequality is a rigorous and empirically rich book that is crucial for a time when many fear a new Gilded Age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ostry, Jonathan D.

Loungani, Prakash

Berg, Andrew

Weitere Mitwirkende

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Inequality: Measures and Drivers
3. Inequality and Sustained Growth
4. Structural Policies and Inequality
5. Financial Globalization and Inequality
6. Austerity and Inequality
7. Central Banks and Inequality
8. Technology, Robots, and Inequality
9. Remedies for Inequality—Redistribution
10. Conclusions
Data Appendix
Technical Appendix
Glossary
References
IndexForeword, by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Inequality: Measures and Drivers
3. Inequality and Sustained Growth
4. Structural Policies and Inequality
5. Financial Globalization and Inequality
6. Austerity and Inequality
7. Central Banks and Inequality
8. Technology, Robots, and Inequality
9. Remedies for Inequality—Redistribution
10. Conclusions
Data Appendix
Technical Appendix
Glossary
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ostry Jonathan D.:
Jonathan D. Ostry is Deputy Director of the Research Department (RES) at the International Monetary Fund. He is the author and editor of a number of books on international macro policy issues, and numerous articles in scholarly journals, including Capital Controls, with Atish Ghosh and Mahvash Qureshi (eds.)(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) and Exercises in Intertemporal Open Economy Macroeconomics, Second Edition, with Thomas Krueger and Chi-Wa Yuen (MIT Press, 1996).Loungani Prakash:
Prakash Loungani is an advisor in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Research Department and an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Loungani has over 60 published works and has researched topics such as: assessment of macroeconomic forecasting performance; understanding trade linkages among nations and regions; and modeling the impact of oil prices on the macroeconomy.Berg Andrew:
Andrew Berg is deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's Institute for Capacity Development and adjunct professorial lecturer at American University. His work has appeared in South African Journal of Economics, Pacific Economic Review, Open Economies Review, and elsewhereStiglitz Joseph E.:
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a member and former chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He was the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics. He served on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors, and then joined the World Bank as chief economist and senior vice president. His most recent book is The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future.Jonathan D. Ostry is deputy director of the research department at the International Monetary Fund, where his work on financial globalization and inequality has been influential in bringing about a shift in the IMF’s stance on these issues. His many books include Taming the Tide of Capital Flows (2017). His work on inequality and unsustainable growth has been cited by, among others, Barack Obama.

Prakash Loungani is assistant director in the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office. Known for his work on the difficulty of forecasting recessions, he blogs as The Unassuming Economist.

Andrew Berg is deputy director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development. He previously served at the U.S. Treasury, including as deputy assistant secretary for East Asia and Latin America in 2000–2001 and chief economist of the Mexican Task Force in 1995–1996.