Crises and inequality: lessons from the global food, fuel, financial and economic crises of 2008–10

• Main Author: Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2011
• Subjects: Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/130; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2011.00090.x
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article points to three main lessons for social policy from the global crises of 2008–10. First, there is evidence that the crises and their public finance ramifications could be characterized as ‘anti‐poor’. Second, even as the recovery begins to benefit the banking and financial sectors where...