The new economics of inequality and redistribution [electronic resource] / Samuel Bowles in collaboration with Christina Fong, Herbert Gintis, Arjun Jayadev, and Ugo Pagano.
2012
HB523 .B685 2012eb
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The new economics of inequality and redistribution [electronic resource] / Samuel Bowles in collaboration with Christina Fong, Herbert Gintis, Arjun Jayadev, and Ugo Pagano.
Author
Bowles, Samuel.
ISBN
9781139530682 (electronic book)
1139530682 (electronic book)
9781139526012 (electronic book)
1139526014 (electronic book)
9781107014039
9781107601604
1107601606
9781139528405
1139528408
1139530682 (electronic book)
9781139526012 (electronic book)
1139526014 (electronic book)
9781107014039
9781107601604
1107601606
9781139528405
1139528408
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 188 pages) ill.
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9786613840905
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HB523 .B685 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
339.2
Summary
"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 many economies are detrimental to the economy. Moreover, recent economic experiments and other evidence confirm that most citizens are committed to fairness and are willing to sacrifice to help those less fortunate than themselves. Incorporating the latest results from behavioural economics, the new microeconomics of credit and labor markets, Bowles shows that escalating economic disparity is not the unavoidable price of progress. Rather it is policy choice - often a very costly one"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Federico Caffè lectures.
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Table of Contents
The new economics of inequality and redistribution
The economic cost of wealth inequality
Feasible egalitarianism in a competitive world
Globalization, cultural standardization, and the politics of social insurance
Reciprocity, altruism, and the politics of redistribution
Conclusion: the new (not so dismal) science of inequality and redistribution.
The economic cost of wealth inequality
Feasible egalitarianism in a competitive world
Globalization, cultural standardization, and the politics of social insurance
Reciprocity, altruism, and the politics of redistribution
Conclusion: the new (not so dismal) science of inequality and redistribution.