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9780199286102

Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe A World of Difference

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199286102

  • ISBN10:

    0199286108

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-01-12
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.

Author Biography

Alberto Alesina is Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy and currently Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University Edward L. Glaeser is Professor of Economics at Harvard University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
List of Figures x
List of Tables xii
1. Introduction 1(14)
2. Redistribution in the United States and Europe: The Data 15(40)
3. Economic Explanations 55(22)
4. Political Institutions and Redistribution 77(18)
5. The Origin of Political Institutions 95(38)
6. Race and Redistribution 133(50)
7. The Ideology of Redistribution 183(34)
8. Conclusions 217(6)
References 223(12)
Name Index 235(4)
Subject Index 239

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