Intro; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1: Introduction; Inequality as Focal Point; Debating Recent Inequality Trends; The Consequences of Inequality; The Key Drivers of Inequality; Sketching Inequality in a Classically Liberal Political Economy Frame; Structure of the Book; References; Part I: Theoretical Foundations; 2: Entangled Political Economy: A General Introduction; Introduction; Entangled Political Economy as Alternative, and Antidote, to Mainstream Political Economy; Entangled Political Economy and Its Perspectives on Economic and Political Organisation

Managing Tectonic Relationships in Entangled Political EconomyConclusion; References; 3: Explaining Inequality in an Entangled Political Economy; Introduction; Inequality and Entangled Political Economy: Positive Aspects; Inequality Drivers: Insights from Economics, Sociology, and Political Science; Inequality, Scale, and Turbulence in Entangled Political Economy; Conclusion; References; Part II: Case Studies; 4: Taxation and Expenditure Policies; Introduction; The Entangled Political Economy Vision of Taxation; Redistributive Properties of Taxation: Entangled Political Economy Perspectives

Key Features of Government Expenditure in Entangled Political EconomyThe "Samaritan's Dilemma" and Monocentric Public Governance; Conclusion; References; 5: Regulatory Policies; Introduction; Regulation and Entangled Political Economy: General Reflections; Consequences of Regulation for Income and Wealth Redistribution; Regulatory Governance in an Entangled Political Economy; Conclusion; References; 6: Social Exclusion; Introduction; Defining Identity: An Evolutionary Approach; Why Do We Identify Ourselves and Others?

The "Groupishness" of Human Behaviour as a Source of Discrimination and ExclusionPublic Sector Enforcement of Group-Based Discriminatory Norms; Implications of Group-Discrimination for Income and Wealth Inequalities; Conclusion; References; Part III: Reforms; 7: Economic Constitutionalism and Inequality; Introduction; Necessity of Rules-Based Economic Order, and Perpetual Challenge of Maintaining Good Rules; Taxation and Expenditure Policies: Imagining a Fiscal Constitution; Towards a Regulatory Constitution; The "Special Case" of Competition Policy?; Conclusion; References

8: A Society of Dignified Equals and InequalityIntroduction; A Changing of the Rules: Emancipation Sequence and the Moderation of Group Biases; From Affirmative Action to Reparations: The Controversies Surrounding "Reverse Discrimination"; Not by Formal Institutions Alone: Toleration as Binding Agent for Social Equality; Conclusion; References; 9: Conclusion; References; Index