Commentary Note on Thailand’s Current Inequality Situation and Its Prospects

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  • Pasuk Phongpaichit Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

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https://doi.org/10.14456/tresp.2016.1

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2016-06-27

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Phongpaichit, P. (2016). Commentary Note on Thailand’s Current Inequality Situation and Its Prospects. Thammasat Review of Economic and Social Policy, 2(1), 4–16. https://doi.org/10.14456/tresp.2016.1

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