This paper examines the influence of political ideology on economic growth in the French democracy since 1871. It does … robustness of the relationship between ideology and growth and the specific channels through which political ideology affects … promoted equity at the expense of economic growth. It also appears that the main channel through which political ideology has …

social fragmentation is often associated with greater inequality, which, as Olson pointed out, may be beneficial to … fragmentation and ethnically based patronage. Given that both patronage and inequality are common in developing countries, it is …

This paper discusses the thesis put forward by Piketty (2014a) stressing the risk of an explosion of wealth inequality … inequality than the one highlighted in the book —namely, a world-wide global tax on capital. …

positive effect on growth. And more importantly, they have a significant effect on growth for at least 5 years (for growth at 5 … overarching definitions of social capital, along with institutions, inequality, and education are consistently significant …

distribution of risks inside society, the Liberal system wins if the inequality of income is low, and the Beveridgean system wins … if the inequality of income is high. Using a utilitarian criterion, the Beveridgean system always dominates and the …

societies and over time, can be determined, among others, by income inequality, gender differences, social stratification and …

inequality. We also study the limit value of the discount rate for very long term investments, and the type of information that …