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.
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-007
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-001
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-002
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-004
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-005
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Pub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5040/9781838606275.ch-006
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