Category Archives: Demographics

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Seeking Truth of Inequality through Gini’s Way

Who Let the Gini Out? Searching for Sources of Inequality by Davide Furceri and Prakash Loungani, Voxeu.org Income inequality has been growing in many economies over the past two decades, and it is currently historically high. This column adds two new contributors to the popular explanations of increased inequality. Fiscal consolidations, especially those following the …

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Overcoming the Obstacles to International Macro Policy Coordination Is Hard

by Olivier Blanchard, Jonathan D Ostry and Atish R Ghosh, Voxeu.org The world has just been through a period of unprecedented macro policy activism. More is set to come as central banks exit unconventional policies, governments fix their fiscal positions, and financial regulations are reformed. These national policies have undeniable international spillovers. This column argues …

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