Books by Tony Atkinson
“He looks at what has happened in terms of inequality, how we measure it, what kinds of tax and welfare and other policies we could use to reduce inequality. Atkinson did a lot of the groundwork on this topic, because when he was first working on it in the 1990s it was quite controversial, just showing that the long increase in equality that had occurred throughout most of the 20th century was being reversed. That coincided with—and here I would say that it was a result of—the macropolicies of people like Thatcher and Reagan. So inequality, which had been declining steadily, started to rise in the 1980s and has kept on rising.” Read more...
The best books on Learning Economics
John Quiggin, Economist
“Some very interesting things have been going on in the top 10%, and especially the top 1%. Atkinson, Piketty and Saez have really been pioneers in this and this article is an overview of much of their research…Occupy Wall Street has brought the 1% to the attention of the wider public, but it was Atkinson, Piketty and Saez who brought it to the attention of the academic community” Read more...
Daron Acemoglu, Economist
Interviews where books by Tony Atkinson were recommended
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The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F Katz -
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Top Incomes in the Long Run of History
by Emmanuel Saez, Thomas Piketty & Tony Atkinson -
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Why Nations Fail
by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson -
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Unequal Democracy
by Larry M Bartels -
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13 Bankers
by James Kwak & Simon Johnson
The best books on Inequality, recommended by Daron Acemoglu
The best books on Inequality, recommended by Daron Acemoglu
The US, the UK and many other countries around the globe have become far less equal over the past 30 years. It’s important we understand how and why this happened, and what it means for our societies, says Daron Acemoglu, a professor of economics at MIT. He recommends the best books to get a better understanding of inequality.
The best books on Learning Economics, recommended by John Quiggin
We live in a society where it’s vital to have a good grasp of economics, but that doesn’t mean you need an economics degree to understand what it’s all about. Australian economist John Quiggin, author of Economics in Two Lessons, recommends books for learning about economics, all accessible to the general reader, and tries to dispel some of the myths about what it is professional economists do.
