"Few topics are more certain to generate a lively debate among any group of individuals than the causes and consequences of income inequality. Economists are prone to similar, although more reasoned and empirically based, debates. This book is a curated collection of essays that explore a wide...

The thirty-years war -- The puzzling politics of winner-take-all -- The winner-take-all economy -- How the winner-take-all economy was made -- A brief history of Democratic capitalism -- The rise of winner-take-all politics -- The unseen revolution of the 1970s -- The politics of organized...

Introduction: moderation in all things, even income -- Defining excess -- The magic of maximum multiples -- A society without a super rich -- Pipe dream or politically practical project? -- Evolving toward equity

Die Globalisierung war eine wunderbare Idee. Nachdem die politische Spaltung in Ost und West überwunden war, schien der friedlichen Kooperation aller Menschen nichts mehr im Wege zu stehen. Würde man nur alle Hürden aus dem Weg räumen, so die liberale Vorstellung, bildete sich eine spontane...