http://canada2020.ca/reducing-income-disparities-and-polarization/summary-income-disparity/ Progressive policy for a modern Canada Fri, 17 May 2013 20:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://canada2020.ca/reducing-income-disparities-and-polarization/summary-income-disparity/#comment-14436 Bob Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:34:53 +0000 http://canada2020.ca/?p=694#comment-14436 It is not just a question of redistribution that has to be addressed. The effect on the functioning of the economy as a whole is closely related to the way that the stock (savings) and flow (income)of wealth is distributed in the economy. The interest rate and ability to use that rate depends on the distribution of income. All policy reshapes the distribution but not necessarily in a beneficial fashion. There has to be the proper balance in order to get the best performance from the economy and there is a very wide range of possibilities for tweeking the economy’s performance.

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