Inequality Trap

Name: Inequality Trap
Brand: University of Toronto Press
SKU: 9781442637245
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Fighting Capitalism Instead of Poverty

Автор: William Watson

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Издател: University of Toronto Press

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US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the "defining issue of our time." It has in...

Информация за книгата

Автор

William Watson

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2015

страници

240

EAN

9781442637245

ISBN

1442637242

Enbook ID

09495033

Издател

University of Toronto Press

Теглоt

548

Размери

162 x 241 x 25

Пълно описание

US President Barack Obama has called economic inequality the "defining issue of our time." It has inspired the "Occupy" movements, made a French economist into a global celebrity, and given us a new expression - the "one percent." But is our preoccupation with inequality really justified? Or wise? In his new book, William Watson argues that focusing on inequality is both an error and a trap. It is an error because much inequality is "good," the reward for thrift, industry, and invention. It is a trap because it leads us to fixate on the top end of the income distribution, rather than on those at the bottom who need help most. In fact, if we respond to growing inequality by fighting capitalism rather than poverty, we may end up both poorer and less equal. Explaining the complexities of modern economics in a clear, accessible style, The Inequality Trap is the must-read rejoinder to the idea that fighting inequality should be our top policy priority.

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