Lars Osberg
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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The Age of Increasing InequalityThe Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1% |
For 35 years, Canada has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. It proposes meaningful steps … | Lars Osberg | 248 | 2018 | View |
From Introduction |
The history of economic inequality in Canada and briefly touches on the other forms of inequality that exist in Canada which would persist even if economic inequality was eliminated. Briefly … | Lars Osberg | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From Canadian Income InequalityThe Big Picture |
Unbalanced growth and increasing income inequality since 1981 contrasts starkly with the balanced growth and stable income distribution of 1946 to 1981. Although total output per Canadian grew by … | Lars Osberg | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From What’s Been Happening to Canada’s Middle Class? |
Historically, Canada’s middle class has expected increasing prosperity from one generation to the next. Real hourly wages did grow strongly until 1981, when inflation control became the … | Lars Osberg | 29 | 2018 | $2.90 Add |
From Inequality at the Top |
The income share of Canada’s top earners has risen sharply since the 1980s, as balanced growth has been replaced by accelerated income growth for the top 1%, and relative income stagnancy … | Lars Osberg | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
From Inequality from the Bottom Up |
As average incomes increase in a society, many cheap goods become unavailable and the cost of living for poor people rises. Although different poverty line methodologies produce somewhat … | Lars Osberg | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
From The Moving Picture of Incomes |
Inequality of annual incomes is like a snapshot of inequality, which only captures part of the moving picture of our fluctuating incomes. Lifetime income depends on career progression and whether … | Lars Osberg | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From Inequality of Wealth |
The inequality of wealth in Canada is far greater than the inequality of incomes — Canada’s top 40 families own more than the bottom 40% (6,186,000 households) do. For middle class … | Lars Osberg | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
From Outcomes and Opportunities |
Equalizing opportunity does not necessarily equalize outcomes. However, inequality of outcomes implies inequality of opportunity since the children of affluent parents inherit human capital and … | Lars Osberg | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From Why Do Economic Inequalities Matter? |
Faster economic growth is not a feasible solution for Canada’s problem of increasing inequality. But although technological change will create new problems of job destruction, it also … | Lars Osberg | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From What to Do? |
Policy proposals to address increasing inequality in Canada. A Carbon Fee and Dividend could both reduce cardon diozide emissions and lessen inequality. As robots increasingly make the robots … | Lars Osberg | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |