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题名/责任者:

Approaching equality : what can be done about wealth inequality? / Roger A. McCain.

出版发行项:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, c2017

ISBN:

1786431432

ISBN:

9781786431431

载体形态项:

v, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

变异题名:

What can be done about wealth inequality?

其他载体形态:

Online version: McCain, Roger A. Approaching equality. Cheltenham, Glos : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., [2017] 9781786431448

丛编说明:

New directions in modern economics

丛编统一题名:

New directions in modern economics.

个人责任者:

McCain, Roger A., author.

论题主题:

Distributive justice.

论题主题:

Distribution (Economic theory)

论题主题:

Equality-Economic aspects.

论题主题:

Wealth-Moral and ethical aspects.

中图法分类号:

F014.4

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index.

摘要附注:

By combining recent research (especially that of Piketty and his associates) with established ideas (particularly from Sir Arthur Lewis), Roger McCain proposes policies that, together, would aim to reverse the observed tendency towards the concentration of wealth in market economies, thus 'approach equality.' The shortcomings and dangers of rising wealth inequality are discussed, both from the point of view of increasing instability and of equalitarian values. Drawing on Marxist concepts of class, the book clarifies both the relation of wealth to income inequality and the causal link between wealth inequality and economic instability, exploring practical issues related to the proposed policies. The role of the 'middle class' and the causes of the failure of much of the population to save even for retirement are analyzed. The author goes on to examine the implications for programs of distribution according to need and the role of the corporation, and the possibility of a scheme of economic planning that would retain the known advantages of the market allocation of resources. With inequality still a rising issue for public policy, professionals and students studying policy economics will benefit from the analysis in this book and its tight focus on inequality of wealth, as will interested lay readers with a background in economics and an interest in inequality.

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