Inequality and economic policy
Subtitle: essays in honor of Gary Becker
By: edited by Tom Church, Chris Miller, John B. Taylor
Contributors: Church, Tom (Research fellow), editor; Miller, Chris (Research fellow), editor; Taylor, John B., editor; Becker, Gary S. (Gary Stanley), 1930-2014, honouree
Series: Hoover Institution Press publication -- no. 664; Hoover Institution Press publication -- 664.
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780817919047; 9780817919061; 9780817919078; 9780817919085
Subjects: Economic policy; Congresses; Equality; Income distribution
Notes: Proceedings of the Conference on Inequality in Memory of Gary Becker held September 25-26, 2014 at the Hoover Institution.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Background facts / James Piereson; title: The broad-based rise in return to top talent / Joshua D. Rauh; title: The economic determinants of top income inequality / Charles I. Jones; title: Intergenerational mobility and income inequality / Jörg L. Spenkuch; title: The effects of redistribution policies on growth and unemployment / Casey B. Mulligan; title: Income and wealth in America / Kevin M. Murphy and Emmanuel Saez; title: Conclusions and solutions / John H. Cochrane, Lee E. Ohanian, and George P. Shultz; title: Remembering Gary Becker / Edward P. Lazear and George P. Shultz.