Inequality and instability : a study of the world economy just before the Great Crisis /

As Wall Street rose to dominate the U.S. economy, income and pay inequalities in America came to dance to the tune of the credit cycle. As the reach of financial markets extended across the globe, interest rates, debt, and debt crises became the dominant forces driving the rise of economic inequalit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galbraith, James K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
2008-2009
Income distribution.
Economic policy.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences)
Economic development > Research.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Revenu > Répartition.
Politique économique.
Mondialisation > Aspect social.
Pouvoir (Sciences sociales)
Développement économique > Recherche.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Economic development > Research
Economic policy
Globalization > Social aspects
Income distribution
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The physics and ethics of inequality
  • The need for new inequality measures
  • Pay inequality and world development
  • Estimating the inequality of household incomes
  • Economic inequality and political regimes
  • The geography of inequality in America, 1969 to 2007
  • State-level income inequality and American elections
  • Inequality and unemployment in Europe : a question of levels
  • European wages and the flexibility thesis
  • Globalization and inequality in China
  • Finance and power in Argentina and Brazil
  • Inequality in Cuba after the Soviet collapse
  • Economic inequality and the world crisis.

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