is fiscal policy failing the middle class? Estache, Antonio editor Leipziger, Danny M. editor text Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Brookings Institution Press c2009 2009 monographic eng

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viii,199 pages : illustrations, tablas, gráficos : 24 cm. "Examines both economic and social public policy initiatives in its assertion that enhancing the welfare of people in developed and developing nations requires an explicit focus on the middle class"--Provided by publisher. Foreword -- Overview : fiscal policy, distribution, and the middle class / Antonio Estache and Danny Leipzinger -- Stylized facts on the middle class and the development process / Andrés Solimano -- The future of global income inequality / Maurizio Bussolo, Rafael E. De Hoyos, and Denis Medvedev -- The scope and limits of subsidies / Markus Goldstein and Antonio Estache -- Policies for lower global wealth inequality / James Davies -- Can happiness research help fiscal policy? / Carol Graham -- The politics of effective and sustainable redistribution / Evelyne Huber, Jennifer Pribble, and John D. Stephens -- Contributors. Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors. Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English Fiscal policy Case studies Política fiscal Estudios de casos Middle class Government policy Case studies Clase media Política de gobierno Estudios de caso Estados Unidos HJ 192.5 S932 2009 339.5/2 9780815702849 0815702841 MiAaPQ 090112 20230805181432.0 spa