More Inequality, Less Growth

November 22, 2011

Protester in New York. One of the leading issues fuelling the Occupy Wall Street movement is rising inequality (Julie Dermansky/Corbis)
- More Inequality, Less Growth
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In This Episode
Over the last three decades, in many parts of the world, the rich have got much richer, while just about everyone else has had very modest income growth. In this podcast, two IMF economists warn that inequality undermines growth.
Jonathan Ostry and Andrew Berg, IMF, Research Dept.
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