Redistribution - Publications - Faculty & Research

income to achieve desired levels of redistribution without harming saving; and a carbon tax to correct for externalities associated with energy consumption. In short, no tax expenditures that litter the code with preferences and that... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

01 Mar 2010
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Noted & Quoted

computing and mobility. That has the potential to change the economics of the Internet business and to redistribute profits yet again.” — HBS professor David Yoffie talking about the potential economic effects of people increasingly... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Information

01 Dec 2005
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The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money

benefit the rich to reduce inequality? How so? Inequality drains capitalism of its robustness, of its opportunity to spread prosperity. It’s not a matter of reducing the take of the rich to redistribute it to the poor. It’s a matter of... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Finance

12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission

drove it to Sacred Heart Mission in nearby St. Kilda where it became soup and solid meals for hungry families in need. “The role of the food is not just feeding people. It also helps them get back into society,” says Carson, who cofounded SecondBite, a surplus food... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

such as workers facing decreased wages or losing their jobs. RDT: The elite, in general, have overclaimed the advantages of economic globalization. For example, in trade, globalization is potentially helpful for everyone, but for that to be true, there needs to be a... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2011
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America the Unequal

whether different forms of wealth redistribution — for example, raising the minimum wage, or longer-term interventions like reducing disparities in education — are less likely to evoke heated opposition and perhaps increase advocacy for... View Details

Keywords: income disparity; class mobility

01 Apr 1998
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Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

utilizes the one asset that exists in abundance in even the poorest and most fragile social sectors - people's self-initiative. It increases the productivity of the person engaged in economic activity, thereby creating new wealth, rather than depending on the View Details

01 Feb 2001
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The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government and business, she said, cannot... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2000
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VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

just one story. It's the kind of work that should go on throughout the country." Addressing questions about the future of technology, Doerr stated that the Internet is not only the key to social change but also to economic growth and income View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

rich” and a highly visible wealth gap could mean for political stability. In Latin America, they’re concerned that economic progress may not be fast enough nor redistribution of income sufficient to forestall more Chavez-type leaders.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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