This article suggests that, at the root of the Great Recession are two imbalances: an unsustainable distribution of income in advanced economies and a growing income gap between them and the rest of the world. Several factors have squeezed the share of labor income, particularly of less skilled workers in advanced capitalist economies, and hugely increased the share of capital income (sometimes disguised as pay for the work of top managers). In the United States and elsewhere, the demand for consumer goods did not fall until the recent Great Recession thanks to the growth of private debt. A progressive income redistribution policy is seen as the core structural reform needed to rebalance the system, along with a change in international economic relations

The real roots of the Great Recession : unsustainable income distribution / M. Florio. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. - ISSN 0891-1916. - Volume 40:Numero 4(2012), pp. 5-30. [10.2753/IJP0891-1916400401]

The real roots of the Great Recession : unsustainable income distribution

M. Florio
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2012

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This article suggests that, at the root of the Great Recession are two imbalances: an unsustainable distribution of income in advanced economies and a growing income gap between them and the rest of the world. Several factors have squeezed the share of labor income, particularly of less skilled workers in advanced capitalist economies, and hugely increased the share of capital income (sometimes disguised as pay for the work of top managers). In the United States and elsewhere, the demand for consumer goods did not fall until the recent Great Recession thanks to the growth of private debt. A progressive income redistribution policy is seen as the core structural reform needed to rebalance the system, along with a change in international economic relations
Great Recession ; Income distribution ; Shares of labour and capital income
Settore SECS-P/01 - Economia Politica
2012
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