Why We All Care About Inequality ( But Are
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Challenge/November–December 2007 1 Challenge, vol. 50, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. xx–xx. © 2007 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 0577–5132 / 2007 $9.50 + 0.00. DOI: 10.2753/0577–51325006XX <> Development Research Group, World Bank and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington. The author is grateful to Samuel Bowles, Karla Hoff, James K. Galbraith, Ravi Kanbur, Martin Ravallion, Thomas Pogge, and Erik Thorbecke for very helpful Why We All Care About Inequality (But Are Loath to Admit It)
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