I Have an Upper Hand, but I Have the Upper Hand Because I Already Have Prestige and I Can Convince Governments to Do Regulations That Protect Me From Competition

Alex speaks with Vincent Geloso about income mobility, distinguishing it from income inequality and the effects of markets and government regulations on each. 

References

1. Vincent’s Articles

Link: https://vincentgeloso.com/publications/ 

2. Vincent’s previous episode “Should We Care About Inequality?” on The Curious Task podcast

Link: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-28-vincent-geloso-%e2%80%94-should-we-care-about-inequality/ 

3. “Growth is Good for the Poor” by David Dollar and Aart Kraay 

Link: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/419351468782165950/pdf/multi0page.pdf 

4. “Who are the champions? Inequality, economic freedom and the Olympics” by Vadim Kufenko and Vincent Geloso

Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-institutional-economics/article/who-are-the-champions-inequality-economic-freedom-and-the-olympics/BEEA6B8F9473A7B8652A08E54E00C365 

5. “Intergenerational Income Mobility and Economic Freedom” by Justin T. Callais and Vincent Geloso

Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3939909

6. “Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century” by Peter H. Lindert

Link: https://www.amazon.ca/Growing-Public-Spending-Economic-Eighteenth/dp/0521529166

7. “Economic Freedom Improves Income Mobility: Evidence from Canadian Provinces, 1982-2018” by Vincent Geloso and James Dean

Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3875551