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The distribution of capital and income in general and its relation to wealth and economic growth in particular have attracted economists’ interest for a long time already. Especially the, at least partially, conflicting nature of the two political objectives, namely to obtain substantially large economic growth and a “just” income distribution at the same time, has caused the topic to become a subject of political discussions.
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Buhl, H.U. (1986). Preface and Introduction. In: A Neo-Classical Theory of Distribution and Wealth. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 262. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46568-0_1
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