Defending the one percent

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 21-34

  Mankiw, N Gregory ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84885991061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.3.21     Document Type: Article

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