1. The Political Economy of an Anti-Rent-Seeking Equality Agenda
Presentation at LERA meetings at ASSS, January 6, 2017
Dean Baker

2. Capital Share of Corporate Income
Source: BEA and author’s calculations.

3. Income Share of the Top 1 Percent
Source: Saez 2016.

4. Source: Shiller 2016 and author’s calculations.

5. Table 1
Gains from Restructuring Markets
(billions of 2016 dollars)
Low
High
Full Employment Policy
1,115
2,300
Eliminating Financial Sector Waste
460
636
Ending Patent/Copyright Monopolies
217
434
Reforming Corporate Governance 90
145
Ending Protection in Highly Paid Professions
100
200
Total
1,982
3,715
Source: Author's calculations, see text.