Inequality : what can be done? /

Inequality and poverty have returned with a vengeance in recent decades. To reduce them, we need fresh ideas that move beyond taxes on the wealthy. Anthony B. Atkinson offers ambitious new policies in technology, employment, social security, sharing of capital, and taxation, and he defends them agai...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944-2017 (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Sujets:
Income distribution.
Poverty.
Equality.
Welfare economics.
Revenu > Répartition.
Pauvreté.
Économie du bien-être.
poverty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Equality
Income distribution
Poverty
Welfare economics
Wohlstand
Wohlfahrt
Ungleichheit
Gleichheit
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Setting the scene
  • Learning from history
  • The economics of inequality
  • A summing-up so far
  • Technological change and countervailing power
  • Employment and pay in the future
  • Capital shared
  • Progressive taxation
  • Social security for all
  • Proposals to reduce the extent of inequality
  • Shrinking the cake?
  • Globalisation prevents action?
  • Can we afford it?

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