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Aggregate demand, inequality and instability

Ferri, Piero - 2016

1. Introduction -- Part I: basic concepts -- 2. Piketty's contribution -- 3. Measurement -- 4. Inequality and aggregate demand -- Part II: endogenous dynamics and instability -- 5. Aggregate demand, growth and instability -- 6. Wealth, public debt and instability -- 7. Recursive workhorses --...

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International perspectives on household wealth

Wolff, Edward N. (contributor) - 2006

The contributors to this comprehensive book compile and analyse the latest data available on household wealth using, as … case studies, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Finland during the 1990s and into the twenty …

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Human development in the era of globalization : essays in honor of Keith B. Griffin

Boyce, James K. (contributor); Griffin, Keith B. (contributor) - 2006

Honoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this...

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The economics of wealth distribution

Davies, James B. - 2013

, Anthony Shorrocks and Edward N. Wolff (2008), 'The World Distribution of Household Wealth', in James B. Davies (ed.), Personal … International Comparisons of the Distribution of Household Wealth, Chapter 9, Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 208-47 -- Franco … University Press, 64-89 -- Edward N. Wolff and Ajit Zacharias (2009), 'Household Wealth and the Measurement of Economic Well …

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Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Salvadori, Neri (ed.) - 2006

Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from...

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The Elgar companion to social economics

Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed

This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...

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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction

Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor); … - 2009

This unique book provides cutting-edge knowledge and analyses of the consequences that climate change will have for sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development

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The Elgar companion to social economics

Davis, John Bryan (contributor); … - 2008

As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical...

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Human capital over the life cycle : a European perspective

Sofer, Catherine (contributor) - 2004

Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand...

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Globalization, social capital and inequality : contested concepts, contested experiences

Dannreuther, Charlie (contributor); … - 2003

This volume investigates the relationship between globalization, inequality and social capital, and reveals that although strongly related, these ideas are also highly contested. The authors elucidate the interactions between these concepts, looking in detail at the conflicts and competitiveness...

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