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Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality

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  • Jon D. Wisman

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Depicting economic inequality as a product of natural economic forces is the ideology that itself has led to greater inequality, argues the author. Ideology has had a part in rising inequality for centuries. Now it takes the form of a supposed “objective” science of economics. This is the challenge, writes the author, that those who seek more equal incomes now face.

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  • Jon D. Wisman, 2017. "Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(4), pages 347-367, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:challe:v:60:y:2017:i:4:p:347-367
    DOI: 10.1080/05775132.2017.1320906
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy
    • N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

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