This book argues that the right-wing revolution in the United States has created deepening inequality and will lead to economic catastrophe. The author makes the case that over the past three decades the rich have confiscated wealth and income from the poor and middle class to a far greater...

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries. It presents a general theory with endogenous capital, knowledge and preference changes for an economic system with heterogeneous households, multiple sectors, multiple regions and multiple...

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It includes clear presentations of more than a dozen different quantitative techniques and provides empirical illustrations based on data sources from developed or developing countries

Steueroasen, das waren bisher immer die anderen - alpine Täler und karibische Inseln. Auf der Grundlage jahrelanger Recherchen zeigt Markus Meinzer in diesem Buch erstmals, wie Deutschland im internationalen Steuerflucht- und Geldwäschegeschäft aktiv mitmischt

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Turn to the Market -- 1 The Triumph of the Market -- 2 Business Moves: Markets, Nations, and Inequality -- 3 Disposable Workers -- 4 The Low-Wage, Low-Skill Strategy -- Part II: The Path Upward? -- 5 Education: Choice, Profit, and...

Cover -- Support Acknowledgments -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Background Facts -- Chapter Two: The Broad-Based Rise in the Return to Top Talent -- Chapter Three: The Economic Determinants of Top...

Cover -- Editorial -- The response of majority employee-owned firms during the pandemic compared to other firms -- Member surveys on employee ownership and the COVID-19 pandemic -- When workers matter most: a study of worker cooperatives and the prioritization of workers through COVID-19 -- Race...