02228nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10338442 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090112s2009 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2009000818 9780815702849 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815702841 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)430511608 HJ192.5 .S78 2009eb 339.5/2 22 Stuck in the middle [electronic resource] : is fiscal policy failing the middle class? / Antonio Estache, Danny Leipziger, editors. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009. viii, 199 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword -- Overview : fiscal policy, distribution, and the middle class / Antonio Estache and Danny Leipzinger -- Stylized facts on the middle class and the development process / Andr�es 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. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Fiscal policy Case studies. Middle class Government policy Case studies. Electronic books. local Estache, Antonio. Leipziger, Danny M. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10338442 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 47713 47713