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How Sociologists Think About Inequality
Most sociologists believe that formal and informal institutions are more critical in explaining the rising inequality observed in advanced economies. In this light, changing institutions such as the ascendance of shareholder-centered corporate governance model, finance-friendly policies since the late 70s, credentialism, and deunionization all contribute to the earnings dynamics at different parts of the distribution.
We Must Lean Over Backwards
The Coming China Crisis
Rapid private-debt growth threw Japan into crisis in 1991 and did the same to the United States and Europe in 2008. China may be next.
Paul Krugman on the MIT History
What does Yanis Varoufakis want?
Finding Till Düppe
The Wealthless Recovery
The Brace is On
Yes indeed, we can blog it!
They called it a sunspot
Why Keynes is Important Today
Income and Wealth Distribution in Germany: A Macroeconomic Perspective
Household economic surveys, such as the German Socio-Economic Panel, notoriously underestimate the degree of income and wealth inequality at the upper end of the distribution.