New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution

Name: New Economics of Inequality and Redistribution
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ISBN: 9781107601604

ISBN-10: 1107601606

ISBN-13: 9781107601604

Edition: 2012

Authors: Samuel Bowles

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"Economists warn that policies to level the economic playing field come with a hefty price tag. But this so-called 'equality-efficiency trade-off' - has proven difficult to document. The data suggest, instead, that the extraordinary levels of economic inequality now experienced in many economies are detrimental to the economy. Moreover, recent economic experiments and other evidence confirm that most citizens are committed to fairness and are willing to sacrifice to help those less fortunate than themselves. Incorporating the latest results from behavioral economics and the new microeconomics of credit and labor markets, Bowles shows that escalating economic disparity is not the unavoidable…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/12/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 203
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.46" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


Preface



The new economics of inequality and redistribution



The economic cost of wealth inequality



Feasible egalitarianism in a competitive world



Cosmopolitans, parochials and the politics of social insurance



Altruism, reciprocity, and the politics of egalitarian redistribution



Conclusion


Appendices


Works cited


Index