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Towards a Better Understanding of Income Inequality in Canada

出版	Fraser Institute, 2017
ISBN	08897547729780889754775
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mb0jtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Together, the chapters in Towards a Better Understanding of Income Inequality in Canada fill a void in the public debate and offer a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and the issues surrounding it. [...] Sparked by the 2008-09 recession, the well-deserved backlash against corporate bailouts, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and a deluge of reports pointing to a growing problem, income inequality has vaulted to the forefront of the public's concerns. [...] A recent sign of the popularity of the "growing income inequality" nar- rative is the success of the book Capital in the 21st Century by French econo- mist Thomas Piketty, which became an international bestseller and is one of several analyses that conclude income inequality is rising, with increasingly larger shares of income being concentrated among the highest earners. [...] This is why we need a better understanding of the true nature of inequality and income growth, including whether inequality is necessarily harmful or can actually be a positive economic force, how challenging it is to measure inequality and how sensitive the inequality measures are to the underlying definitions, whether or not there really is a rapidly growing gap, and the state of income mobility [...] The vast majority of those in the lowest income group move up the income ladder over time, which is the mark of a dynamic economy.