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Author Conference on Inequality in Memory of Gary Becker (2014 : Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

Title Inequality and economic policy : essays in honor of Gary Becker / edited by Tom Church, Chris Miller, John B. Taylor
Published Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 664
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 664.
Contents Background facts / James Piereson -- The broad-based rise in return to top talent / Joshua D. Rauh -- The economic determinants of top income inequality / Charles I. Jones -- Intergenerational mobility and income inequality / Jörg L. Spenkuch -- The effects of redistribution policies on growth and unemployment / Casey B. Mulligan -- Income and wealth in America / Kevin M. Murphy and Emmanuel Saez -- Conclusions and solutions / John H. Cochrane, Lee E. Ohanian, and George P. Shultz -- Remembering Gary Becker / Edward P. Lazear and George P. Shultz
Summary Drawing from a 2014 Hoover Institution Conference on Inequality in honor of Gary Becker, a group of distinguished contributors explore various measures of inequality in America and address the issue of whether or not it is increasing. In looking at this question and examining policy implications, the authors draw on research on human capital and intergenerational mobility. The authors suggest that the emphasis on inequality and redistribution, while not wrong, is nevertheless misplaced, for it may lead us to adopt policies that will disrupt the progress we have made while doing nothing to promote the kind of growth that is essential to national progress. --Provided by publisher
Subject Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014 -- Congresses
SUBJECT Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014 fast
Subject Income distribution -- United States -- Congresses
Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses
Economic policy
Equality -- Economic aspects
Income distribution
SUBJECT United States -- Economic policy -- Congresses
Subject United States
Genre/Form Festschriften
Conference papers and proceedings
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Church, Tom (Research fellow), editor.
Miller, Chris (Research fellow), editor.
Taylor, John B., editor
Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014, honouree.
ISBN 9780817919085
0817919082