This paper extends recent works on the relationship between the distribution of income and growth in demand-constrained industrial economies in a two-sector framework incorporating the industry-agriculture demand linkages typical of many LDCs. It argues that the issue of income distribution between the capitalists and the workers becomes also an issue of income distribution between the industrial capitalists and the landlords. A change in income distribution in favor of the workers, the class of non-savers, will benefit the landlords class, which sells food to the workers. The redistribution toward wages can potentially be contractionary if the landlords have a sufficiently high saving rate.

Considering ideas from various economic paradigms, namely post-Keynesian, neo-Ricardian, and neo-Marxian, this book discusses the importance of money to Keynes's analysis of effective demand and income distribution. It also considers the connections between relative prices and income distribution.

This bibliography lists the most important works published in economics in 1993. Renowned for its international coverage and rigorous selection procedures, the IBSS provides researchers and librarians with the most comprehensive and scholarly bibliographic service available in the social sciences. The IBSS is compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, one of the world's leading social science institutions. Published annually, the IBSS is available in four subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.

This paper analyzes the extent of income inequality from a global perspective, its drivers, and what to do about it. The drivers of inequality vary widely amongst countries, with some common drivers being the skill premium associated with technical change and globalization, weakening protection for labor, and lack of financial inclusion in developing countries. We find that increasing the income share of the poor and the middle class actually increases growth while a rising income share of the top 20 percent results in lower growth—that is, when the rich get richer, benefits do not trickle down. This suggests that policies need to be country specific but should focus on raising the income share of the poor, and ensuring there is no hollowing out of the middle class. To tackle inequality, financial inclusion is imperative in emerging and developing countries while in advanced economies, policies should focus on raising human capital and skills and making tax systems more progressive.

Contributions by leading economists in the area of the economic analysis of primary commodity markets are brought together in this volume. It provides a detailed coverage of major recent developments in the economic analysis of primary commodity markets, including modelling and policy issues. The essays should provide the reader with an overview of the current state of the art and also a useful platform on which future research might be based.

Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on the underlying sources of growth. The impact of poverty and inequality on growth is likewise ambiguous, as several channels mediate the relationship. But most plausible mechanisms suggest that poverty and inequality reduce growth, at least in the long run. Policies play a role in shaping these relationships and those designed to improve equality of opportunity can simultaneously improve inclusiveness and growth.