HKS Affiliated Authors
James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth
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Does Trade Fuel Inequality? Jeffrey Frankel, January 2, 2018, Opinion, "To explain the rise in inequality that began in the 1980s and has accelerated since the turn of the century, many have pointed out that indicators of globalization, such as the trade-to-GDP ratio, have also been rising rapidly over the same period. But does that correlation imply a causal link between trade and inequality?" Link