Arthur Okun, Class Warfare, Redistribution, and Income Growth

May 4, 2021 by Dan Mitchell There are all sorts of long-running battles in the economics profession, perhaps most notably the never-ending dispute about Keynesian economics. Another contentious issues is the degree to which society should accept less growth in order to achieve more equality, with Arthur Okun – author of Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff – being the most famous advocate for prioritizing equity. I don’t agree with Okun,

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