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Tambovtsev Vitaly
Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, Chef Researcher, faculty of Economics
Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow)
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OVERCOMING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS BEEN ASKED?
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The growth of economic inequality has recently been occurring in many countries, which has attracted the interest of many researchers, but some aspects of this process remain insufficiently studied. This article examines the reasons why economic inequality is considered a problem, even though no convincing evidence of negative economic or social consequences has been found. It is concluded that the problem of economic inequality is largely artificial, based on connections that existed in the past, but are practically absent at present. The research questions that have not yet been sufficiently studied are substantiated, which makes it difficult to increase the effectiveness of the social and economic policy measures applied.
Keywords: economic inequality, abilities, opportunities, system justification theory
JEL: D31, D63, Z13
UDC: 364.2, 364.65
DOI: 10.52342/2587-7666VTE_2026_2_86_98
© V. Tambovtsev, 2026
© Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences «Issues of Theoretical Economics», 2026
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Manuscript submission date: 23.03.2026
Manuscript acceptance date: 23.04.2026
For citation: Tambovtsev V. Overcoming Economic Inequality: Have All the Questions Been Asked? // Voprosy teoreticheskoy ekonomiki. 2026. No. 2. Pp. 86–98. DOI: 10.52342/2587-7666VTE_2026_2_86_98.

