• DOI:10.2753/0577-5132530606
Corpus ID: 154630590

Rising Inequality, Public Policy, and America's Poor

@article{Kenworthy2010RisingIP,
  title={Rising Inequality, Public Policy, and America's Poor},
  author={L. Kenworthy},
  journal={Challenge},
  year={2010},
  volume={53},
  pages={109 - 93}
}

L. Kenworthy

Published 2010

Economics

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Those who defended the American model during its long period of growing income inequality argued that rising incomes at the top would result in faster economic growth and therefore rising incomes for those at the bottom. When looking at experiences in many countries, Lane Kenworthy finds that was not the case. Nor was it the case that rising incomes at the top measurably hurt the poor. It was public policy that made the difference.