"This is a book about the demand for redistribution of income through taxes and transfers. It is also a book about how our main intuition about what affects individual preferences for redistribution (whether a person is rich or poor) needs to be complemented with the consideration of other...

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Global Capital, Democratic Institutions, and the Welfare State: A Theoretical Overview -- The Methodological Approach: Combining...

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