{"title":"The Economic Costs of Inequality","authors":"Richard Mcadams","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1028874","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This brief chapter surveys some of the economic literature concerning the instrumental costs of material inequality. Economic theory predicts, and econometric evidence finds, that inequality increases crime and political corruption and, in certain circumstances, constrains growth.","PeriodicalId":370296,"journal":{"name":"The Costs of Inequality in Latin America","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"14","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Costs of Inequality in Latin America","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1028874","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This brief chapter surveys some of the economic literature concerning the instrumental costs of material inequality. Economic theory predicts, and econometric evidence finds, that inequality increases crime and political corruption and, in certain circumstances, constrains growth.