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A couple of recent NZ posts on inequality and poverty
I enjoyed these two posts by Bill Kaye-Blake – one on inequality, and one on poverty. [Also add this recent post]
I suggest you go give them a read if you haven’t already 
Note: Looks like this accidentally turned into a link post …
Note this is good. Real good. The sheep analogy is one of the banes of my life … it gets whipped out whenever someone wants to make a social claim but not actually defend it
Also, good post in a series on poverty here.
And Ryan Avert discussing the Piketty book.
And this post where a physicist discusses economics saying what “scientists” would look at with inequality. That is fine, his description of what a scientist would do looks like an oversimplified view of what economists already do so that is all gravy
Krugman makes a good point about negative labour supply effects. Something that increases labour supply does not necessarily increase welfare/satisfaction etc etc, the fact the two often get mixed up has vexed me for a long time. Krugman is also very right here when he discusses the return of “macroeconomic popularism” – the effect of policy is a harder question than many people give it credit for!
Marginal Revolution touches on income volatility for high income earners.
Source: http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2014/02/10/a-couple-of-recent-nz-posts-on-inequality-and-poverty/
