Title:
Inequality : what can be done? / Anthony B. Atkinson.
Author:
Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944-
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Call Number:
339.22 AT541I
Abstract:
Offers new policies in technology, employment, social security, capital sharing, and taxation that intend to narrow the income gap, defending them against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.
ISBN:
9780674504769
Physical Description:
xi, 384 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
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?
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