Labor
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Conference paper
Unequal=Indebted
Apr 2012
Higher income inequality in developed countries is associated with higher domestic and foreign indebtedness
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The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics
Apr 13, 2012 | 06:55—08:45
Does greater inequality produce more fragile economic dynamics? Does concentration of wealth and income make societies more prone to crisis? If so, why?
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Conference paper
Towards an Ecological Macroeconomics
Apr 2012
Three major crises are confronting the world. The first is the increasing and uneven burden of humans on the biosphere, and the observation that we have already surpassed the ‘safe operating space’ for humanity with respect to three planetary boundaries: climate change, the nitrogen cycle and biodiversity loss.
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Managing the Global Commons: Growth, Inequality, and New Thinking for Sustainable Economics
Apr 13, 2012 | 03:45—05:35
How can we distribute growth globally when the developed world needs growth to emerge from debt overhangs and inequality between nations is still quite formidable?
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Inequality in Asia: The Local Effects of Global Capitalism
Feb 16, 2012
Inequality did not increase during the early stages of economic development in Japan and the East Asian Tigers. But in India and China it did. Why is that?
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Conference paper
Inequality and Economic and Political Change: A Comparative Perspective
Apr 2010
This paper describes the broad evolution of inequality in the world economy over the past four decades, and provides a summary account of the relationship between inequality, economic development, political regimes and the functional distribution of income.
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The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
Apr 9, 2010 | 10:00—12:15