The Inequality Puzzle European and US Leaders Discuss Rising Income Inequality /

• Main Authors: Berger, Roland. (Author), Grusky, David. (Author), Raffel, Tobias. (Author), Samuels, Geoffrey. (Author), Wimer, Chris. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Economic policy.; Finance.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Economic Policy.; Public Finance & Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15804-9

Should we be troubled by rising income inequality? Does the Financial Crisis oblige us to consider how much inequality is desirable? The United States and many European countries have seen shifts in public attitudes toward a widening gap between the rich and poor. Will income inequality return to th...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Introduction: Is There Too Much Inequality? (David B. Grusky and Christopher Wimer, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality)
• Part 2: Interviews: Josef Ackermann
• Betrand Collomb
• Gabriele Galateri di Genola
• J<U+00fc>rgen Hambrecht
• Maurice Lv̌y
• John Monks
• Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
• Fred Smith
• John Sweeney
• William Weld
• James Wolfensohn
• Jerry Yang
• Part 3: Commentary: Trends and Topics from the Interviews (Tobias Raffel and Geoffrey Samuels, Roland Berger Foundation)
• Five Principles for Moving Forward (Roland Berger, Roland Berger Foundation)
• A View from the Top (David B. Grusky and Christopher Wimer, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality)
• Can Inequality be Reduced by Building Better Markets? (David B. Grusky and Christopher Wimer, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality).