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Does UK government spending help the poorest – or the middle class?

Tom White

3rd February 2016

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Economists often recommend subsidies or other forms of government expenditure to help address the chronic problem of income inequality and other forms of market failure. But do these transfers always help? Might they actually mainly convey advantages to middle class people?