Taking credit: Redistribution and borrowing in an age of economic polarization

Several recent accounts link rising income inequality in the United States to the global financial crisis, arguing that American politicians did not respond to growing inequality with fiscal redistribution. Instead people saved less and borrowed more in order to maintain relative consumption in the...

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Main Authors: Ansell, B, Ahlquist, J
Format: Journal article
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017