Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities

ISBN-13: 9780415314053 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 388 str.

Hugh Dalton;Hugh Dalton

Opis

Divided into four parts, the book is structured as follows:
Part 1: Examines the extent to which the inequality of incomes is guided by ethical principles.
Part 2: Illustrates the growth of the theory of distribution in the hands of successive generations of economists.
Part 3: Develops the theory on the subject of the division of income between categories.
Part 4: Looks at the division of income between people and the causes of that inequality, paying particular attention to the factor of inherited wealth.

Spis treści

Part 1 Some Ethical Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes Chapter 1 Economic Contrasts and the Modern Spirit Chapter 2 Economic Welfare and the Inequality of Incomes Chapter 3 Justice and the Inequality of Incomes Part 2 The Historical Development of the Theory of Distribution Chapter 1 The Use and Abuse of the Historical Method in the Study of Economic Theory Chapter 2 First Period: Before 1776 Chapter 3 Second Period: 1776-1817 Chapter 4 Third Period: 1817-1848 Chapter 5 Fourth Period 1848-1871 Chapter 6 Fifth Period: 1871-1890 Chapter 7 Sixth Period: 1890-1911 Chapter 8 Seventh Period: 1911-1918 Part 3 The Division of Income Between Categories Chapter 1 Absolute and Relative Shares Chapter 2 The Meaning of Income Chapter 3 The Sources of Income Chapter 4 Aggregate Income from Civil Rights and From Private Gifts Chapter 5 The Division of Income Between a Number of Factors of Production Note to Chapter 5: The Conception of Elasticity of Demand and Supply Chapter 6 The Division of Income Between Workers and Property Owners Note to Chapter 6: Statistics Bearing on the Division Between Workers and Property Owners Chapter 7 The Effects of Inventions Chapter 8 The Effects of Changes in the Character of Consumers' Demand Chapter 9 The Share of the Landowner Chapter 10 Changes in the Relative Importance of Different Industries Chapter 11 Categories Part 4 The Division of Income Between Persons Chapter 1 The General Causes of the Inequality of Individual Incomes Chapter 2 Inequality of Incomes from Civil Rights and Private Gifts Chapter 3 Inequality of Incomes from Work Chapter 4 Inequality of Incomes From Property Chapter 5 Inequality and Inherited Wealth Chapter 6 The Comparative Non-Fiscal Law of the Inheritance of Wealth Chapter 7 The Comparative Effects of the Non-Fiscal Law of Inheritance Chapter 8 The Comparative Effects of Custom Within the Limits of the Non-Fiscal Law Chapter 9 The Comparative Fiscal Law of Inheritance and its Comparative Effects Chapter 10 Some Suggestions For the Reform of the Law of Inheritance Note to Chapter 10: Inheritance and Life Insurance Chapter 11 Some Final Considerations on the Inequality of Incomes

O autorze

Hugh Dalton