Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The state, the market and management of class relations -- Democracy in government : the power of policy making -- Private wealth and public debt -- Full employment versus scarcity -- Innovation, ownership and progress -- Industrialization and international...

"This book discusses the origins of wealth inequality and explains how societies can reform to avoid the catastrophe of inequality-induced social breakdown. It develops a theoretical and practical understanding of the principles behind the concept of ownership and of property, complete with...

Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Introduction: income inequality, labour market and uneven development during financial capitalism -- Definitions, approaches and origins of income inequality -- Theories, methods and varieties of inequality -- The determinants of income inequality in rich countries...

Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introducing Economic Woman; 1 Conceptualising economic woman; 2 International human rights law; 3 Cross-cutting issues; 4 Outline of the book; Prt I Economic Power; 1...