'Now, What Exactly is the Problem?' Media Coverage of Economic Inequalities and Redistribution Policies: The Piketty Case

Autor: Andrea Grisold, Hendrik Theine
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Z18
B52
D31
D83 [JEL Classification Codes]
Economics and Econometrics
Inequality
media_common.quotation_subject
Endogenous preferences
508009 Media research
605003 Cultural economics
Critical discourse analysis
Economic inequality
0502 economics and business
050602 political science & public administration
Economics
050207 economics
media_common
605004 Cultural studies
605004 Kulturwissenschaft
605003 Kulturökonomie
05 social sciences
502046 Volkswirtschaftspolitik
508009 Medienforschung
502046 Economic policy
Redistribution (cultural anthropology)
Neoclassical economics
General Business
Management and Accounting
Popularity
0506 political science
Capital (economics)
media coverage
inequality
redistribution policies
critical discourse analysis
political economy of the media
endogenous preferences
Sign (mathematics)
Zdroj: Journal of Economic Issues. 54:1071-1094
ISSN: 1946-326X
0021-3624
Popis: A clear sign of the heightened interest in economic inequality was the surprising popularity of Thomas Piketty’s book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, presenting a dense synopsis and major contribution to the economics of inequality. This article investigates discourses on inequality in news media, through the highly controversial debate raised by Piketty’s best-selling book, in selected print media in four European countries.We conceive of the media as having an impact on the perceptions and knowledge of economic processes, thus influencing preferences of the public for economic policy making. This is in line with Veblen, who terms the press an “educational system.” Regarding the topics of inequality, we will show that media coverage leads to a biased picture of both inequality and the role of redistribution policies to possibly curb such a development.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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