The Predistribution Agenda

Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth

Patrick Diamond (Anthology Editor) , Claudia Chwalisz (Anthology Editor)

The Predistribution Agenda

Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth

Patrick Diamond (Anthology Editor) , Claudia Chwalisz (Anthology Editor)

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The concept of predistribution is increasingly setting the agenda in progressive politics. But what does it mean? The predistributive agenda is concerned with how states can alter the underlying distribution of market outcomes so they no longer rely solely on post hoc redistribution to achieve economic efficiency and social justice. It therefore offers an effective means of tackling economic and social inequality alongside traditional welfare policies, emphasising employability, human capital, and skills, as well as structuring markets to promote greater equity. This book examines the key debates surrounding the emergence and development of predistributive thought with contributions from leading international scholars and policy-makers.

Table of Contents* Preface by Ernst Stetter
Foreword: The promise of predistribution by Jacob Hacker

Introduction
Pre-distribution: A new governing prospectus for the centre-left by Patrick Diamond, Claudia Chwalisz and Michael McTernan
Welfare states after the crisis by Andrew Gamble

Part I: Future changes in welfare societies
1. Public opinion, pre-distribution and progressive taxation: Distributional politics and voter preferences after the financial crisis by Lucy Barnes
2. Progressive policies for intergenerational justice in ageing societies: Demography is not destiny by Pieter Vanhuysse

Part II: Welfare states after the crisis: A pre-distribution agenda?
3. Pre-distribution and redistribution: Alternative or complementary policies? By Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens
4. The potential and limits of pre-distribution in the UK: Tackling inequality and poverty by Paul Gregg

Part III: Pre-distributive labour market policies
5. Fostering equitable labour market outcomes: A focus on raising employment by Paul de Beer
6. Labour market flexibility and income security in old age: The policy and political challenges of pension reform by Karen Anderson
7. Technology, the labour market and inequality: Ensuring the benefits of new technology are widely shared by Alan Manning
8. Labour market institutions as pillars of pre-distribution: Focusing on pre-tax income distribution to tackle inequality by Rémi Bazillier
9. Pre-distribution and labour market actors: Looking at the trade union movement by Dimitris Tsarouhas

Part IV: Pre-distribution and the social investment state
10. Social investment, skills and inequality: The importance of institutional design by Marius Busemeyer
11. Looking to the Nordics? The Swedish social investment model in view of 2030 by Ingrid Esser
12. The demography of pre-distribution: Families, economic inequalities and social policies by Sophie Moullin
13. A 'family-friendly' welfare state: Addressing the gender equality paradox by Anke Hassel

Part V: The politics of pre-distribution
14. The political economy of the service transition: New political coalitions for pre-distributive strategies by Anne Wren
15. Welfare futures, Changing needs, risks and tools: Innovation and the new welfare state by Geoff Mulgan
16. Future challenges in new welfare societies by Ania Skrzypek

Conclusion

Postscript: The future of the welfare state by Peter A. Hall