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Looking at inequality

Inequality is a topic of great importance to economists, but it also has political impacts. Here Chiara Binelli gives an economist’s view of inequality and development, and Matthew Loveless gives a political scientist’s take on the issue

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This article explores the different approaches used by two social science disciplines to look at the growing inequality in the world, and what it means both economically and politically.

THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED. THIS LEADS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

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