The political origins of inequality : why a more equal world is better for us all / Simon Reid-Henry.

By: Reid-Henry, Simon [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015Description: 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226236797; 022623679X; 022623682X; 9780226236827Subject(s): Equality -- Economic aspects | Economic geography | Political geography | Distribution (Economic theory) -- Social aspects | Verteilung Volkswirtschaft | Verteilungsgerechtigkeit | Soziale Ungleichheit | Wirtschaftspolitik | Globalisierung | Ricchezza -- DistribuzioneDDC classification: 330.1 LOC classification: HM821 | .R45 2015Other classification: 305
Contents:
The political forms of inequality -- A great debate? -- The poverty of elsewhere -- The way of wealth -- A new equality -- "The soft power of humanity."
Summary: "Examining the historical experience of different countries, a thought-provoking volume, taking on a global perspective to explain inequality the defining issue of our time reveals that our inability to act in concert, both rich and poor, is what is falling apart, not the world itself, and shows how it is within our power to address it, "--NoveList.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-210).

The political forms of inequality -- A great debate? -- The poverty of elsewhere -- The way of wealth -- A new equality -- "The soft power of humanity."

"Examining the historical experience of different countries, a thought-provoking volume, taking on a global perspective to explain inequality the defining issue of our time reveals that our inability to act in concert, both rich and poor, is what is falling apart, not the world itself, and shows how it is within our power to address it, "--NoveList.

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