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Income inequality is cyclical

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  • Branko Milanovic

    (Branko Milanovic is professor at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York City, and senior scholar at the Stone Center for Socio-Economic Inequality, New York City. His latest book is Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization.)

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Periodic rises and falls in the gap between the rich and poor over centuries indicate that inequality will not grow forever, argues Branko Milanovic.

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  • Branko Milanovic, 2016. "Income inequality is cyclical," Nature, Nature, vol. 537(7621), pages 479-482, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:537:y:2016:i:7621:d:10.1038_537479a
    DOI: 10.1038/537479a
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