Essays on the Political Economy of Inequality, Wealth, and Money

The increasing gap between those at the top and those at the bottom of the wealth distribution in Western market economies is a worrying development as it hampers equality of opportunity and distorts democratic representation. This dissertation improves our understanding of both the causes and conse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolters Freiheyt, Lukas
Other Authors: Thelen, Kathleen
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147540
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1284-9952