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Discover LudwigThe word "redistributive" is a correct and usable term in written English
It is usually used to refer to the redistribution of resources, money, or power, and is often used in the context of taxation and public policy. For example, "The government has enacted a redistributive policy to ensure that the resources available are shared equitably among all citizens."
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redistributive
adjective
Of or pertaining to redistribution
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But being able to feel a bit better-off than someone else makes it a bit more bearable.Sources "Group Loyalty and the taste for Redistribution", by Erzo F.P. LuttmerLast Place Aversion: Evidence and Redistributive Implications", by Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton.
When lump-sum transfers are not possible but the planner is allowed to use inflation or deflation to achieve as much of the redistribution as possible, there exists a competitive equilibrium with a constrained efficient redistributive policy.
We know from the same countries that low levels of inequality, high levels of redistributive taxation and of public provision are associated with high levels of innovation and other indicators of economic success.
Beckett's original article highlights the dramatic loss of revenue for councils in the north-east as a result of austerity-led declines in redistributive transfers from Westminster.
This will be the key battleground in the immediate phase of Scottish politics, as Labour's new leader attempts to pit the party's past record and its future plans against the SNP's clever propaganda but thin redistributive record.
I could warm to a party which had some genuinely redistributive policies, but equality is still a dirty word.
This budget is redistributive – with over 20 million people on low and middle incomes given a tax cut, paid for by raising the burden of taxation on the wealthy.
That works well only so long as those redistributive impulses remain in play at Westminster.
We have built a social democratic state that is based not – as in postwar Scandinavia – on the solid foundations of a successful economy, but on the begging-bowl mentality of a redistributive British unionism.
The ratio of wealth to income is highest among demographically challenged economies such as Italy and Japan (although both countries have managed to mitigate inequality through redistributive taxes and transfers).
This possibility was mitigated when the organisers decided that all the final group games should kick off at the same time.However, in the United States, the redistributive systems leagues have implemented to help weaker teams compete often do create rewards for losing.
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