The new economics of inequality and redistribution

"Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called 'equality-efficiency trade-off' - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced in man...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bowles, Samuel (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2012.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Federico Caffè lectures.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The new economics of inequality and redistribution
  • 2. The economic cost of wealth inequality
  • 3. Feasible egalitarianism in a competitive world
  • 4. Globalization, cultural strandardization, and the politics of social insurance
  • 5. Reciprocity, altruism, and the politics of redistribution
  • 6. Conclusion: the new (not so dismal) science of ineuqlity and redistribution.