Interdependentie en beleidsvrijheid. Commentaar bij de oratie van Nico Wilterdink

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Commentaries on the Oration by Nico Wilterdink. Three critiques are presented of Nico Wilterdink's Ongelijkheid en interdepedentie ([Inequality and Interdependence] 1993). In Interdepedentie en beleidsvrijheid (Interdependence and Freedom of Policy), Jan Pen addresses the issue of economic consumption vs savings. Despite recent changes in economic policy, it is still within the individual's power to avoid consumption and increase his/her savings rate. In Verdeling in een vechtmaatschappij (Distribution in a Competitive Society), J. W. de Beus asks whether the Netherlands will move away from a welfare state economy to a market economy. Limits to the growth of economic interdependence are explored. In Terechte vragen en houdbare verklaringen (Correct Questions and Tenable Explanations), Wout Ultee remarks that Wilterdink's efforts to provide a comprehensive explanation of short- and long-term trends in income differences deserves praise. However, he does not achieve any new concrete results. Wilterdink provides rebuttals to these criticisms in Inkomensongelijkheid in een lange-termijnperspectief. Antwoord aan Pen, De Beus en Ultee (Income Inequalities in Long-Term Perspective. Reply to Pen, De Beus and Ultee). 34 References. M. Meeks