'Inequality is the root of social evil', or Maybe Not? Two Stories about Inequality and Public Policy

被引:12
作者
Corak, Miles [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ottawa, Grad Sch Publ & Int Affairs, Ottawa, ON, Canada
来源
CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY-ANALYSE DE POLITIQUES | 2016年 / 42卷 / 04期
关键词
inequality; poverty; middle class; top incomes; social mobility; LABOR-MARKET; INCOME INEQUALITY; ENERGY BOOM; EARNINGS; CANADA; IMMIGRANTS; MOBILITY; CHILDREN; IMPACTS;
D O I
10.3138/cpp.2016-056
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Income inequality is on the rise, and everyone, from President Obama and Pope Francis to Prince Charles and Standard & Poor's, is talking about it. But these conversations about what are arguably the most significant changes in the distribution of incomes and earnings since the 1940s are leading to very different views on how public policy should respond. This is as true in Canada as it is in almost all of the other rich countries where inequality has risen. In this paper, I tell two stories about inequality one from the perspective of those who feel it is not a problem worth the worry, and the other from the perspective of those who see it as the defining challenge of our time to clarify the issues facing Canadians and what public policy should do about them.
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页码:367 / 414
页数:48
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