The principal problem in political economy: income distribution in the history of economic thought
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Keywords
Functional and personal income distribution; distributive justice; redistribution policy.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B10 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - General
- B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
- D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2013-10-18 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HME-2013-10-18 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-HPE-2013-10-18 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2013-10-18 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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