Inequality : what can be done? /
Atkinson, A. B. 1944-2017,
Inequality : what can be done? / Anthony B. Atkinson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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?
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 against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.
9780674287013
Income distribution.
Poverty.
Equality.
Welfare economics.
Electronic Books.
HC79 / .I547 2015
Inequality : what can be done? / Anthony B. Atkinson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
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?
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 against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.
9780674287013
Income distribution.
Poverty.
Equality.
Welfare economics.
Electronic Books.
HC79 / .I547 2015