Inequality is not always a political choice, but reducing it (to an optimal degree) is
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Keywords
wealth inequality; socioeconomic inequality; optimal inequality; fairness;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2024-01-08 (Economics of Happiness)
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