Approaching equality : what can be done about wealth inequality?

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Approaching equality : what can be done about wealth inequality?

Title remainder

what can be done about wealth inequality?

Statement of responsibility

Roger A. Mccain

Creator

• McCain, Roger A
• McCain, Roger A

Author

• McCain, Roger A
• McCain, Roger A

Subject

• Distributive justice
• Equality -- Economic aspects
• Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects

Language

eng

Summary

By combining recent research (especially that of Piketty and his associates) with established ideas (particularly from Sir Arthur Lewis), Roger McCain proposes policies that, together, would aim to reverse the observed tendency towards the concentration of wealth in market economies, thus 'approach equality.' The shortcomings and dangers of rising wealth inequality are discussed, both from the point of view of increasing instability and of equalitarian values. Drawing on Marxist concepts of class, the book clarifies both the relation of wealth to income inequality and the causal link between wealth inequality and economic instability, exploring practical issues related to the proposed policies. The role of the 'middle class' and the causes of the failure of much of the population to save even for retirement are analyzed. The author goes on to examine the implications for programs of distribution according to need and the role of the corporation, and the possibility of a scheme of economic planning that would retain the known advantages of the market allocation of resources. With inequality still a rising issue for public policy, professionals and students studying policy economics will benefit from the analysis in this book and its tight focus on inequality of wealth, as will interested lay readers with a background in economics and an interest in inequality

Cataloging source

UtOrBLW

Index

index present

LC call number

HB523

LC item number

.M33 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries