Inequality: Economic and Social Issues

Herausgeber: Lundahl, Mats; Hatti, Neelambar; Rauhut, Daniel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents wide-ranging perspectives on economic inequality, as measured by differences in incomes and wealth. The contributors to this book explore how the economy is shaped in such a way as to generate differences in economic and social welfare between individuals, regions and nations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781032480428
• ISBN-10: 1032480424
• Artikelnr.: 70145875

Autorenporträt

Mats Lundahl, Professor Emeritus of Development Economics, Stockholm School of Economics. Daniel Rauhut, PhD in Economic History, Associate Professor in Regional Planning, and an affiliated researcher to Karlstad University, Sweden, and Lisbon University, Portugal. Neelambar Hatti, Professor Emeritus of Economic History, School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

Inhaltsangabe

ntroduction: Inequality - A Multi-Faceted Phenomenon PART I: Manifestations
of Inequalities 1. The Late Encounter Between Inequality and Class 2.
Gender Inequalities: Progress and Challenges Part II: Inequalities in
Income and Wealth 3. Piketty and the Distribution of Wealth 4. J.K.
Galbraith and Inequality: From Confidence to Misanthropy 5. Atkinson on
Inequality PART III: Discrimination, Plunder and Inequalities 6.
Discrimination as a Determinant of Economic Inequality 7.The Predatory
State: A Case of Extreme Inequality Part IV: Geographical Inequalities 8.
Regional Inequalities 9.Housing and Inequality: The Case of Portugal 10.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Globalization