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The new economics of inequality and redistribution

Title
The new economics of inequality and redistribution / Samuel Bowles in collaboration with Christina Fong, Herbert Gintis, Arjun Jayadev, and Ugo Pagano.
Author
Bowles, Samuel.
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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xvii, 188 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
"Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called 'equality-efficiency trade-off' - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced in many economies are detrimental to the economy. Moreover, recent economic experiments and other evidence confirm that most citizens are committed to fairness and are willing to sacrifice to help those less fortunate than themselves. Incorporating the latest results from behavioral economics and the new microeconomics of credit and labor markets, Bowles shows that escalating economic disparity is not the unavoidable price of progress. Rather it is policy choice - often a very costly one. Here drawing on his experience both as a policy advisor and an academic economist, Samuel Bowles offers an alternative direction, a novel and optimistic account of a more just and better working economy"--
Series Statement
Federico Caffè lectures
Uniform Title
Federico Caffè lectures.
Subject
  • Income distribution
  • Fairness
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
Contents
1. The new economics of inequality and redistribution -- 2. The economic cost of wealth inequality -- 3. Feasible egalitarianism in a competitive world -- 4. Globalization, cultural strandardization, and the politics of social insurance -- 5. Reciprocity, altruism, and the politics of redistribution -- 6. Conclusion: the new (not so dismal) science of ineuqlity and redistribution.
Call Number
JBD 13-3435
ISBN
  • 9781107014039 (hbk.)
  • 1107014034 (hbk.)
  • 9781107601604 (pbk.)
  • 1107601606 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • 2012004203
  • 7357320
OCLC
777251226
Author
Bowles, Samuel.
Title
The new economics of inequality and redistribution / Samuel Bowles in collaboration with Christina Fong, Herbert Gintis, Arjun Jayadev, and Ugo Pagano.
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Type of Content
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Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Federico Caffè lectures
Federico Caffè lectures.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
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Online version: Bowles, Samuel. New economics of inequality and redistribution [electronic resource]. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781139530682 (OCoLC)805071324
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7357320
Research Call Number
JBD 13-3435
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