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Die Fairness-Formel : Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit in der Wirtschaft der Zukunft
Lüthy, Herbert - 2016
Ausgangspunkt dieses Buches ist das Verhältnis von Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Führt … Bruttoinlandprodukts bietet weitreichende Vorteile. Der wichtigste ist der, dass Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit nicht mehr kontrovers zu …
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Power in Economic Thought
Mosca, Manuela (ed.) - 2018
This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...
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The Capability Approach and the Praxis of Development
Deneulin, Séverine - 2006
The book examines the extent to which Amartya Sen's conception of 'development as freedom' can be a guide for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054251
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Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income : A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No
Widerquist, Karl - 2013
Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income argues that philosophers have focused too much on scalar freedom and … proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with … other willing people, or simply: freedom as the power to say no. …
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Monopoly Restored : How the Super-Rich Robbed Main Street
Luzkow, Jack Lawrence - 2018
This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax evasion, political influence, or wage theft. Today, much of the wealth of the rentier class-the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396836
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Inequality : An Entangled Political Economy Perspective
Novak, Mikayla - 2018
‘This book is a thoroughly researched and well written exploration of one of the most divisive topics in modern democratic discourse. Novak brings careful and clear thinking to a topic too often clouded in emotion and guided by moral intuition. ‘ -Peter Boettke, Professor of Economics and...
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Technology and Inequality : Concentrated Wealth in a Digital World
Allen, Jonathan P. - 2017
This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on technology and business practices, with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398356
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The Taxation of Capitalistic Bequests
Kley, Verena - 2012
The taxation of bequests has long been and still is subject to intensive discussions in many industrialized countries. Triggered by these discussions, Verena Kley analyzes the taxation of bequests from economic perspectives, focusing on wealth transfers of very rich individuals. Given empirical...
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Data you need to know about China : Research Report of China Household Finance Survey•2012
Gan, Li - 2014
Survey design -- Household demographics and work characteristics -- Non-financial assets -- Household financial assets -- Household debts -- Insurance and social welfare -- Expenditure and income -- Household wealth.
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The Distribution of Income and Wealth : Parametric Modeling with the κ-Generalized Family
Clementi, Fabio - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Introduction -- The Revived Interest in the Problems of Income and Wealth Distribution -- Re-incorporating Distributional Issues Into the Main Body of Economic Analysis -- Aim and Contents of this Book -- The Parametric Approach to Income and Wealth Distributional Analysis -- The Idea of a...
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