Crisis and Inequality
The Political Economy of Advanced Capitalism
Mattias Vermeiren
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Figures
1.1 The Lorenz curve and the Gini index
1.2 Gini indices of selected OECD countries, 1985 and 2017
1.3 Share of the top percentile in total income in Anglo-Saxon countries, 1920–2014
1.4 Share of the top percentile in total income in continental Europe and Japan, 1920–2014
1.5 Average labour income share, 1970s and 2000s
1.6 The productivity–pay gap in the US economy, 1948–2014
1.7 Wealth shares of top 10 per cent in Europe and the United States, 1810–2010
1.8 The market price mechanism
1.9 Skill-biased technological change and the price mechanism in labour markets
1.10 Average annual contribution of private consumption and net exports to GDP growth, 1985–2007
2.1 Index of capital mobility and percentage of countries in a banking crisis, 1800–2010
2.2 Fordist wage-led growth cycle
2.3 Unemployment and productivity growth in the United States, 1914–2015
2.4 Average replacement rates for pensions and unemployment and sickness benefit, 1930–2005
2.5 Statutory corporate income tax rate in selected OECD countries, 2000–20
3.1 Ownership structure of government debt in twelve OECD countries, 1900–2011
3.2 Unemployment and inflation rates in advanced economies, 1960–2015
3.3 Public debt in selected regions and countries (in percentage of GDP), 1950–2011
3.4 Net government debt interest payments (in percentage of GDP), 1960–2019
3.5 Negative demand shock in a sovereign bond market
3.6 Long-term nominal interest rates, 1960–2019
3.7 Capital share of GDP, 1970–2012
4.1 Hourly compensation costs (in US dollars): manufacturing sector, 2016
4.2 Average per hour worked (in current PPP dollars) 2000–18
4.3 Change in employment shares of low-, middle- and high-skill jobs (in percentage points), 1995–2016
4.4 Union density and income equality in selected OECD countries, 1980–2010
4.5 Bargaining coverage in percentage of employees, 1980 and 2016
4.6 Trade union density in percentage of total labour force, 1980 and 2016
4.7 Fall in labour share in total economy and manufacturing in the CMEs (in percentage points), 1980–2010
5.1 Profit distribution in Apple iPhone’s global value chain
5.2 Employment protection and stock market capitalization
5.3 Widening productivity gap between global frontier firms and other firms, 2001–13
5.4 Stock market capitalization of publicly listed firms (in percentage of GDP), 1975–2017
6.1 Balance sheet of a traditional bank: an illustration
6.2 Share of net interest income in bank profits, 1980–2009
6.3 Bank assets (in percentage of GDP), 1990 and 2007
6.4 Balance sheet of a market-based bank: an illustration
6.5 Total MEWs in the US economy (in billion US dollars), 1991–2006
6.6 Net private real wealth per adult in advanced countries, 1870–2014
6.7 Increase in household debt and house prices in selected countries (in percentage), 1995–2008
7.1 Global current account imbalances (in billion US dollars), 1997–2019
7.2 Current account balance in percentage of GDP, 1990–2019
7.3 Current account balance of Eurozone countries (in percentage of GDP), 2007
7.4