Showing posts with label Income redistribution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Income redistribution. Show all posts

Saturday, July 07, 2018

Cash and kind: How governments shift income from rich to poor

Great article from the Sydney Morning Herald
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/cash-and-kind-how-governments-shift-income-from-rich-to-poor-20180706-p4zpui.html

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Unit 2: An increase in the National Minimum wage

The tutor2u blog has a good article on the latest increase in the NMW and its impact on the market failure of unequal distribution of income

http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/minimum-wage-is-increased/#extended

The BBC has more details

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7279199.stm

a) to what extent might the increase in the NMW redistribute income towards the poor?