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The Optimal Social Response to Envy Mike Rappaport

By Thomas A. Smith

How should the government respond to envy?  Should the distribution of income or wealth be equalized?  Or should we largely ignore this unattractive sentiment?  Some interesting posts from Marginal Revolution here and here, Greg Mankiew, and others.