Not exact matches
One of my major criticisms of Thomas Piketty's blockbuster book on
wealth inequality was that it didn't highlight the global
effect of
inequality well enough.
While Central Banks argue, with much justification, that such policies have reduced income
inequality by bringing down unemployment, the
effect has been to exaggerate
wealth inequality.
This issue of tax and secrecy jurisdictions also matters to republicanism for another reason: the operation of tax havens has the
effect of shifting the economic burdens of civic life from capital onto labour and supporting radical
inequalities in
wealth without the state being able effectively to regulate these economic dimensions of equality.
In this video, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks about the decline in mortgage applications, the small increase in pending sales, signs of a stabilizing market, rising numbers of first - time homebuyers and their
effects on
wealth inequality.