When Should Legal Rules be Used to Redistribute Income?
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
Debates about income inequality are everywhere. Yet the conventional wisdom in Law and Economics is that legal rules should be designed exclusively to promote efficiency, with income redistribution left to the tax system.
Recommended Citation
Goldin, Jacob, "When Should Legal Rules be Used to Redistribute Income?" (2025). Coase Lectures. 21.
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/coase_lectures/21
Lecture Date
January 1, 2025
