Some Aspects of the Inequality of Incomes in Modern Communities

ISBN-13: 9780415608152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 372 str.

Hugh Dalton;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

Divided into four parts, this volume looks at the extent to which the inequality of incomes is guided by ethical principles, the growth of the theory of distribution, the application of this theory to the division of income between categories, & the causes of income inequality, especially inheritance.

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