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"The causes of economic inequality and the problems growing inequality poses for our political system have been major concerns in America particularly since the Great Recession of 2008. This is not new to American politics; Clem Fatovic shows how economic inequality was a major concern of Ameri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fatovic, Clement, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Colección:Constitutional thinking
Temas:
To 1865
Income distribution > United States.
Equality > United States.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Social conditions.
Equality.
Income distribution.
Social policy.
Gleichheit.
Gerechtigkeit.
Lohn.
Wohlfahrtsstaat.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • The American Revolution and the ideal of equality
  • Class conflict and crisis under the Articles of Confederation
  • The constitutional backlash against the "excesses of democracy"
  • "Necessary and proper": Alexander Hamilton on the economic powers of the national government
  • Constructing the Constitution: How the early Congresses understood their own powers and tackled economic hardship
  • "Silently lessening the inequality of property": Thomas Jefferson on the government's role in reducing economic inequality
  • "Not charity but a right": Thomas Paine on the justice of a welfare state
  • Conclusion.

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