Is it possible for Africa to rise above its present unfulfilling conditions for good? Can poverty, inequality, corruption, maladministration, and intolerance be overcome? This special volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations argues that it certainly is. The epoch of Transcendent...

Inequality has been rising in many countries over the last decades and the process seems to have accelerated with the Great Recession. Not only is income distribution more unequal today than 40 years ago, but also its transmission through generations has increased. In other words, many countries...

Front Cover -- Inequality: Causes and Consequences -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Preface -- Inequality of Opportunity in Europe: Is There a Role for Institutions? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring Opportunity Inequality: A Simple Model -- 3. The Empirical...