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. With an updated Afterword, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence.
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. With an updated Afterword, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University, UK. He has a long-standing interest in moral economy and has written several books on political economy, inequality, class, and philosophy and ethics, including Radical Political Economy: A Critique (Blackwell, 1995); The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life (2011) (both Cambridge University Press).
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Introduction Part I: A Guide to Wealth Extraction Slippery Terms and Vital Distinctions For rent . . . for what? Interest . . . for what? or We need to talk about usury Profit from production: or capitalists and rentiers: what's the difference? Other ways to skin a cat Don't the Rich Create Jobs? - and other objections Part II: Putting the Rich in Context: What Determines What People Get? To what do we owe our wealth?: Our dependence on the commons So what determines pay? The myth of the level playing field Part III: How the Rich Got Richer: Their Part in the Crisis The roots of the crisis Key winners Summing up: the crisis and the return of the rentiers Part IV: Rule by the Rich, for the Rich Silent power, pol donations lattice of influence Hiding it Illegal? + poachers What about philanthropy? Plutonomy Part V: Ill-gotten and Ill-spent: From Consumption to Ill-Being and CO2 Spending it Global warming trumps everything Conclusion: back to basics - what kind of economy do we need?.
Introduction Part I: A Guide to Wealth Extraction Slippery Terms and Vital Distinctions For rent . . . for what? Interest . . . for what? or We need to talk about usury Profit from production: or capitalists and rentiers: what's the difference? Other ways to skin a cat Don't the Rich Create Jobs? - and other objections Part II: Putting the Rich in Context: What Determines What People Get? To what do we owe our wealth?: Our dependence on the commons So what determines pay? The myth of the level playing field Part III: How the Rich Got Richer: Their Part in the Crisis The roots of the crisis Key winners Summing up: the crisis and the return of the rentiers Part IV: Rule by the Rich, for the Rich Silent power, pol donations lattice of influence Hiding it Illegal? + poachers What about philanthropy? Plutonomy Part V: Ill-gotten and Ill-spent: From Consumption to Ill-Being and CO2 Spending it Global warming trumps everything Conclusion: back to basics - what kind of economy do we need?.
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