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Papa Pancho

Reforms, contradictions, and the Church

All Over the Map

In riding politics, the only common factor seems to be idiosyncrasy

This Dear Green Place

Our latest last best hope

Lars Osberg

Lars Osberg is University Research Professor in the Economics Department of Dalhousie University in Halifax.

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Lars Osberg

What Causes Social Inequality?

From Scandinavia to the Anglosphere, it may come down to choice. April 2011
In Power and Inequality: A Comparative Introduction, Gregg Olsen examines three “Nordic” countries—Finland, Norway and Sweden—and three “Anglo” countries—Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States—through the lens of social inequality. Readers with an allergy to footnotes or definitions or statistics should be warned from the start: this book is not an…