Explaining Inequality
Auteurs : Franzini Maurizio, Pianta Mario
Inequalities in incomes and wealth have increased in advanced countries, making our economies less dynamic, our societies more unjust and our political processes less democratic. As a result, reducing inequalities is now a major economic, social and political challenge. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the economics of inequality.
Until recently economic inequality has been the object of limited research efforts, attracting only modest attention in the political arena; despite important advances in the knowledge of its dimensions, a convincing understanding of the mechanisms at its roots is still lacking. This book summarizes the topic and provides an interpretation of the mechanisms responsible for increased disparities. Building on this analysis the book argues for an integrated set of policies addressing the roots of inequalities in incomes and wealth
Explaining Inequality will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners concerned with inequality, economic and public policy and political economy.
1. Four engines of inequality 2. Capital, labour and the distribution of income 3. Family matters 4. Explaining inequality 5. Policies for a more equal society
Maurizio Franzini is Full Professor of Economic Policy, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Mario Pianta is Full Professor of Economic Policy, University of Urbino, Italy.
Date de parution : 11-2015
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2015
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes d’Explaining Inequality :
Mots-clés :
AHE; Inequality; Income Distribution; Association for Heterodox Economics; Cambridge Journal of Economics; Cambridge Realist Workshop; Critical Realism; Dissenting Economists; EAEPE; ESHET; Economic Methodology; Economic Philosophy; Economic Pluralism; Evolutionary Economics; Feminist Economics; Financial Crisis; Frank Hahn; Geoff Hodgson; Heterodox Economics; History of Economic Thought; IAFFE; ICAPE; INEM; Institutional Economics; John Davis; Journal of Economic Methodology; Marxian Economics; Milton Friedman; Mindless Instrumentalism; Neoclassical Economics; Ontology; Philosophy and Economics; Pluralism; Positive Economics; Post Keynesian Economics; Routledge; Roy Bhaskar; Sheila Dow; Tony Lawson; Uskali Maki; Wade Hands; Oligarch Capitalism; EU SILC Survey; Human Development Index; High Skill Premia; Gdp Growth; Average Income; Falling Labour Share; National Labour Contracts; Inter-generational Transmission; Gdp Dynamic; Gini Index; Intergenerational Transmission; Income Ratio; Europe’s Gdp; Fiscal Havens; ECB; Residual Direct Effect; High Gdp Growth; Increasing Skill Premium; UK Result; Inequality Matters; Lower Wage Share; Gdp Growth Rate; Household Disposable Income; Fin Lan