Comments on: Inequality and Growth http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yarrow http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-202777 Yarrow Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:35:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/#comment-202777 It would be interesting to know to what extent the existence of a landed elite is correlated with better results not so much because they are an opposition to the state, but because their presence means that the robbers have turned into robber barons -- thievery has become more institutionalized and less chaotic. It would be interesting to know to what extent the existence of a landed elite is correlated with better results not so much because they are an opposition to the state, but because their presence means that the robbers have turned into robber barons—thievery has become more institutionalized and less chaotic.

]]> By: Meh http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-202627 Meh Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:39:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/#comment-202627 Of course the biggest problem with Tyler Cowen's analysis is that it just skates away from the fact that there are very few states where economic inequality is high that are not already or become states where political inequality is high. Power matters, unsurprisingly, except to Tyler. Of course the biggest problem with Tyler Cowen’s analysis is that it just skates away from the fact that there are very few states where economic inequality is high that are not already or become states where political inequality is high.

Power matters, unsurprisingly, except to Tyler.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-202573 Henry Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:29:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/#comment-202573 nit picked - thanks. nit picked – thanks.

]]> By: SamChevre http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-202572 SamChevre Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:26:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/07/03/inequality-and-growth/#comment-202572 Nitpick alert! <i>Acemoglu and his co-authors specifically distinguish their findings from previous work on the nineteenth century US South, where there is evidence of a strong link between economic inequality and growth. </i> If these results are as I remember them (and the rest of the passage immplies), it would be much clearer to say, <i>between economic inequality and</i> lack of <i> growth</i> Nitpick alert!

Acemoglu and his co-authors specifically distinguish their findings from previous work on the nineteenth century US South, where there is evidence of a strong link between economic inequality and growth.

If these results are as I remember them (and the rest of the passage immplies), it would be much clearer to say, between economic inequality and lack of growth

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