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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND June 2015I M F S T A F F D I S CU S S I ON N O TI N T E R N A T I O N A L M O N E T A R Y F U N D CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCE OF INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDINTERNAT. By . Raymundo. Campos, Gerardo Esquivel and Nora . Lustig. Presented by Nora . Lustig. “The New Policy Model, Poverty and Inequality in Latin America”. WIDER, Buenos Aires, September 1-3, 2011. Outline . a primer. Francisco H. G. Ferreira. The World Bank. “New Challenges to Growth and Productivity”. The Growth Dialogue / G-24 Conference. 25 September 2013. The question. How are . economic growth . Nora Lustig. Tulane University. New Challenges for Growth and Productivity. The Growth Dialogue – G24. Washington, DC -- September 25, 2013. 1. Inequality in Latin America is high…. . …but declining since around 2000. By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza. . Microaggressions. Racism entails not just big moments or actions, but also . Brief verbal barbs that could occur in a split second . A pattern of everyday treatment that the victim is sure is due to race but the violator can attempt to hide within other issues. This week in 2016. This week in 2016. This week in 2016. $889,000,000. +11%. Parties, Elections and Inequality. What is the class / income basis of parties. See last week. Why do pundits say rich (blue state) voters are D & poor (red state) voters are R?. Larry . Temkin. Larry . Temkin. Studied at UW Madison, Oxford, and Princeton. Currently chair of Philosophy at Rutgers. Central Question:. When is one situation worse than another with respect to inequality?. 1. The fact of rising wealth inequality.  . Increasing both nationally and globally.  . The wealthiest 1% of individuals has increased its share of national and global wealth.  . Estimated to own 48.2% of global assets. Dr Max Price. Vice-Chancellor. University of Cape Town. OUTLINE. Examine trends post-apartheid (since 1994). Income inequality. Overall, by race, by gender. Poverty . Overall, by race, by gender. Composition of income and impact of social grants. Twenty-First . Century. Joseph E. Stiglitz. International Economic Association World Congress. Mexico City. June 2017. What is to be explained?. Enormous increase in inequality in income and wealth over past third of a century. Mike Savage. The ‘inequality space’ . Concerns about inequality have dramatically surged into public interest over past decade, led by economists Stiglitz, Atkinson, Piketty.. Considerable academic investment in cross-disciplinary research in this area, . Causes and Consequences. Eshragh Motahar. Fall 2016. Introduction. What do we mean by inequality. Income (pre-tax, post-tax), Wealth. Is it inevitable. Historical context. What is new?. Why should we care about it . Previously. The demand for each factor of production is a derived demand that stems from a firm’. s desire to supply a good in another market.. Labor markets reconcile the forces of demand and supply into a wage signal that conveys information to both sides of the market.. Causes and Consequences. Eshragh Motahar. Fall 2016. Introduction. What do we mean by inequality. Income (pre-tax, post-tax), Wealth. Is it inevitable. Historical context. What is new?. Why should we care about it . David Bell, David Comerford and David Eiser. Overview. Inequality and social justice central to the independence debate. This paper considers the effectiveness of different policy levers in influencing inequality.