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    Inequality : what can be done? / Anthony B. Atkinson.

    By: Atkinson, A. B. (Anthony Barnes), 1944-2017Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xi, 384 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674504769; 0674504763Subject(s): Income distribution | Poverty | Equality | Welfare economics | Equality | Income distribution | Poverty | Welfare economics | Wohlstand | Wohlfahrt | Ungleichheit | Gleichheit | VerteilungsgerechtigkeitDDC classification: 339.2/2 LOC classification: HC79.I5 | A822 2015Other classification: 339.22
    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? -- The way forward.
    Summary: 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.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-359) and index.

    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? -- The way forward.

    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.

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