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Why we can't afford the rich /

"As inequalities widen and the effects of austerity deepen, in many countries the wealth of the rich has soared. Why we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others, through the control of property and m...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sayer, R. Andrew (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2016.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword / by Richard Wilkinson
  • A guide to wealth extraction
  • Putting the rich in context: what determines what people get?
  • How the rich got richer: their part in the crisis
  • Rule by the rich, for the rich
  • Ill-gotten and ill-spent: from consumption to CO₂
  • Conclusions
  • Afterword.