Panel Discussion on Policy Implications Panel Discussion on Policy Implications

May 31, 1996

What have we learned from the papers presented at this Symposium? What are the implications of rising earnings inequality for economic growth? What are the appropriate roles (if any) of employers and federal, state, and local governments in addressing the problems posed by earnings inequality? To what extent are small-scale socioeconomic experiments generalizable? How urgent is the problem and what are the prospects for action?

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