Wealth : NOMOS LVIII

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An in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies.Wealth, and specifically its distribution, has been a topic of great debate in recent years. Calls for justice against corporations implicated in the 2008 financial crash; populist ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, Jack
Other Authors: Schwartzberg, Melissa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Law and economics.
Distributive justice.
Democracy > Economic aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
Droit et economie politique.
Justice distributive > États-Unis.
Richesse > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Democracy > Economic aspects > United States.
Distributive justice > United States.
Wealth > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Having Too Much; 2. Wealth, Commonwealth, and the Constitution of Opportunity; 3. The Evolution of Wealth and Mutual Concern: Democracy or Revolution?; 4. Where's the Middle? Constitutional Aspirations, Biased Institutions, and the Disappearing Middle Class; 5. Wealth Defense and the Complicity of Liberal Democracy; 6. Wealth Concentration, Racial Subordination, and Political Corruption; 7. Wealth and Democracy; 8. Not So Fast: The Hidden Difficulties of Taxing Wealth; Index.

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