Okun, Arthur M.

Equality and efficiency, the big tradeoff - Washington The Brookings Institution 1975 - xi, 124 p. ; 22 cm.

"Revised and expanded version of material presented in the Godkin lectures at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University in April 1974."

In this revised and expanded version of the Godkin Lectures presented at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University in the early seventies, Arthur M. Okun explores the conflicts that arise when society's desire to reduce inequality impairs economic efficiency, confronting policymakers with the big tradeoff.

9780815764755


Comparative economics.

330.12OKU