Inequality : What can be done? / Anthony B. Atkinson
Imprint
Cambridge, MASS : Harvard University Press, 2015
Descript
xi, 384 p. ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Introduction. -- Part One : Diagnosis. -- Setting the scene. -- Learning from history. -- The economics of inequality. -- A summing-up so far. -- Part Two : Proposals for action. -- 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. -- Part Three : Can it be done? -- Shrinking the cake? -- Globalisation prevents action? -- Can we afford it? -- The way forward.