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Research Article

Can reducing inequality reduce the disutility of the poor?

Ed WilsonEconomics Discipline, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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Reetu VermaEconomics Discipline, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
&
Kankesu JayanthakumaranEconomics Discipline, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 834-837 | Published online: 10 Jan 2022

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