Yves here. This post is wonky but important. While Stiglitz has written regularly about inequality as problematic from an economic perspective, and has mentioned rent seeking as a contributor, to my knowledge, this is the first time he’s said that old theories need to be tossed and that rent seeking is one of the main factors now driving wealth and income inequality.Game-changer.
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Kanbur/Stiglitz: Rent Seeking as a Major Driver of Wealth and Income Inequality
Ravi Kanbur, T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Professor of Economics at Cornell University and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University. Originally published at VoxEU
Kanbur/Stiglitz: Rent Seeking as a Major Driver of Wealth and Income Inequality
Ravi Kanbur, T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Professor of Economics at Cornell University and Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University. Originally published at VoxEU
