Power Brokers Care More about Efficiency Than Equality

Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 08:16 in Mathematics & Economics

Income inequality has been rising in the United States for several decades, and the majority of Americans tell pollsters they think the level is too high. Why, then, has the response from policy makers been so tepid—even under popular two-term Democratic presidents? That is the question BU’s Ray Fisman and many other economists have been […]

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