TY - BOOK AU - Atkinson,A.B. TI - Inequality: what can be done? SN - 9780674287013 AV - HC79 .I547 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Income distribution KW - Poverty KW - Equality KW - Welfare economics KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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?; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=986218&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -