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Stuck in the middle: Is fiscal policy failing the middle class?

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  • Antonio Estache
  • Danny Leipziger

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Stuck in the Middle examines both economic and social public policy initiatives in its assertion that enhancing the welfare of people in developed and developing nations requires an explicit focus on the middle class. Contents Foreword 1. Overview: Fiscal Policy, Distribution, and the Middle Class 2. Stylized Facts on the Middle Class and the Development Process 3. The Future of Global Income Inequality 4. The Scope and Limits of Subsidies 5. Policies for Lower Global Wealth Inequality 6. Can Happiness Research Help Fiscal Policy? 7. The Politics of Effective and Sustainable Redistribution. Copyright © 2009 the brookings institution. All rights reserved.

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  • Antonio Estache & Danny Leipziger, 2009. "Stuck in the middle: Is fiscal policy failing the middle class?," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/204276, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/204276
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