Capitalism and Inequality: The Role of State and Market

ISBN-13: 9780367534738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 234 str.

Manish, G. P.

Opis

Capitalism and Inequality rejects the popular view that attributes the recent surge in inequality to a failure of market institutions. Bringing together new and original research from established scholars, it analyses the inequality inherent in a free market from an economic and historical perspective.

Spis treści

Introduction  (1) Capitalism, Cronyism and Inequality  (2) Globalization and Inequality: Does Anyone Lose from Free Trade?  (3) The Institutional Justice of the Market Process: Entrepreneurship, Increasing Returns, and Income Distribution  (4) Growth, Inequality and Unfairness: Comparing the Progressive and Classical Liberal Perspectives  (5) Government Labor Policies and the Law of Unintended Consequences  (6) Government and the Economic History of American Income Inequality  (7) Inequality, Monetary Policy and the Gold Standard  (8) Market Liberalization and the Poor in India: Measuring Economic Inequality through Consumption  (9) The Economic History of Taxation and Inequality in the United States  (10) The Measurement of Income Distribution and the Measurement of Inequality: A Critical Analysis