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The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%

By: Lars Osberg

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The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%

By: Lars Osberg

Canada is in a new era. For 35 years, the country has become vastly wealthier, but most people have not. For the top 1%, and even more forthe top 0.1%, the last 35 years have been a bonanza. Canadians know very well that there's a huge problem. It's expressed in resistance to tax increases, concerns over unaffordable housing, demands for higher minimum wages, and pressure for action on the lack of good full time jobs for new graduates. This book documents the dramatic and rapid growth in inequality. It identifies the causes. And it proposes meaningful steps to halt and reverse this dangerous trend. Lars Osberg looks separately at the top, middle and bottom of Canadian incomes. He provides new data which will surprise, even shock, many readers. He explains how trade deals have contributed to putting a lid on incomes for workers. The gradual decline of unions in the private sector has also been a factor. On the other end of the scale, he explains the growing high salaries for corporate executives, managers, and some fortunate professionals. Lars Osberg believes that increasing inequality is bad for the country, and its unfairness is toxic to public life. But there is nothing inevitable about this, and he points to innovative measures that would produce a fairer distribution of wealth among all Canadians.

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The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

By: LARS OSBERG

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By: LARS OSBERG

There are more billionaires than ever in Canada – and they are capturing an ever-growing share of the country’s wealth. Meanwhile 90% of Canadians are steadily losing ground. Understanding how and why this is happening has been the focus of a lifetime of research by economist LARS OSBERG. In this book, building on his earlier book The Age of Increasing Inequality, he describes how inequality has grown steadily over decades – but is now accelerating in the post-Covid world. The Trudeau government came to power promising action to make the rich pay a fairer share, and to reduce inequality. In office, they did virtually nothing and Canada’s rich are richer than ever. Other countries are finding effective ways to tackle inequality. International organizations are proposing innovative measures to prevent the wealthy from using tax havens, and to impose new taxes capturing wealth from billionaires and globe-spanning tax-avoiding multinationals like Apple and Microsoft. LARS OSBERG identifies measures that Canada can take so that the country’s wealth is shared more fairly, and the wealth of billionaires can be used to improve the lives of Canada’s 99%.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1459419626

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9781459419629

Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

International Perspectives

By: Lars Osberg

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Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

International Perspectives

By: Lars Osberg

This title was first published in 1991: This collection focuses on the concepts and measurements of inequality, poverty, the concentration of wealth, and the implications of these issues for social policies. A special feature of this work is the international comparisons of the evidence on economic inequality.

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318

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Routledge

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1351715615

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9781351715614

Economic Inequality in the United States

By: Lars Osberg

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Economic Inequality in the United States

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Originally published in 1984, this study explores multiple theoretical perspectives as well as critically analysing the most recent evidence at the time to try and find a full explanation for inequality in the United States. Arguments of neoclassical economists and Marxist and institutional structuralists are considered by Osberg as well as putting forward his own model. Osberg uses his findings to attempt a complete explanation of the issue and advises on policies which could be undertaken by the government to try and lessen the gap. This title will be of interest to students of Economics.

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320

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1317289722

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9781317289722

Unemployment Crisis

By: Brian K. MacLean,Lars Osberg

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Unemployment Crisis

By: Brian K. MacLean,Lars Osberg

Arguing that the consequences of the unemployment crisis could have been avoided by better government policies, particularly less restrictive monetary control, the contributors examine the effect of the zero-inflation policy adopted by the Bank of Canada and the role of unemployment insurance on the unemployment crisis of recent years. Their analysis includes discussion of various facets of unemployment in France, Germany, and Japan for comparison. Contents Introduction - Brian K. MacLean and Lars Osberg Digging a Hole or Laying the Foundation? The Objectives of Macroeconomic Policy in Canada - Lars Osberg The Unbearable Lightness of Zero-Inflation Optimism - Pierre Fortin (UQAM) Real Interest Rates and Unemployment - John Smithin (York) Using the NAIRU as a Basis for Macroeconomic Policy: An Evaluation - Mark Setterfield (Trinity College) Does Unemployment Insurance Increase Unemployment? - Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie) Why Do We Know So Little About Unemployment Determination and UI Effects? - Tony Myatt (UNB) Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment - Revisited - Lars Osberg The Rise of Unemployment in Ontario - Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards) Unemployment among Canada's Aboriginal Peoples - Helmar Drost (York) Unemployment Persistence in France and Germany - Dominique Gross (Simon Fraser) Low Unemployment in Japan: The Product of Socio-economic Coherence - Patrice de Broucker (Statistics Canada) A Macroeconomic Policy Package for the 1990s - Mike McCracken (Informetrica). Both critical of past performance and optimistic about future possibilities, The Unemployment Crisis makes a timely and valuable addition to current literature on economic policy.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773566066

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9780773566064

The Information Economy

The Implications of Unbalanced Growth

By: Lars Osberg,Edward N. Wolff,William J. Baumol,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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The Information Economy

The Implications of Unbalanced Growth

By: Lars Osberg,Edward N. Wolff,William J. Baumol,Institute for Research on Public Policy

This paper argues that growth in modern economies is inherently unbalanced because labour productivity grows at different rates in the different occupation sectors. It examines the relative shift within industries towards knowledge-based occupations. It also demonstrates that higher education does not imply higher individual earnings for those employed in the goods and personal services sector, but post-secondary education is strongly rewarded within the information economy. Finally, it discusses the educational policy, research and development and international trade issues raised by the pattern of unbalanced growth characteristic of the information economy.

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IRPP

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0886450853

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The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

By: LARS OSBERG

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The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Astonishing Rise of Canada's 1%

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1459413148

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The Information Economy

The Implications of Unbalanced Growth

By: Lars Osberg,Edward N. Wolff,William J. Baumol,Institute for Research on Public Policy

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The Implications of Unbalanced Growth

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Unemployment Crisis

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Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

International Perspectives

By: Lars Osberg

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1351715623

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Vanishing Jobs

Canada's Changing Workplaces

By: Lars Osberg,Jan Grude,Fred Wien

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Vanishing Jobs

Canada's Changing Workplaces

By: Lars Osberg,Jan Grude,Fred Wien

Going beyond slogans and superficial explanations, the authors analyze the reasons why so many jobs disappeared from the Canadian economy in the 1990s. Drawing on the results of a major three-year research project, the authors offer 25 case studies of Canadian companies from five key sectors of the economy. Included are examples from the resource sector, manufacturing, the low-wage service sector, information services and the public sector. Their findings permit them to suggest concrete steps that can be taken to remedy job losses. Vanishing Jobs is an in-depth study of Canadian business and labour-market trends in the 1990s.

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1550284835

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The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

Economic Inequality in the United States

Economic Inequality in the United States

Unemployment Crisis

Unemployment Crisis

The Information Economy

The Information Economy

The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada

The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Age of Increasing Inequality

The Information Economy

The Information Economy

Unemployment Crisis

Unemployment Crisis

Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

Economic Inequality and Poverty: International Perspectives

Vanishing Jobs

Vanishing Jobs

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