Economics of Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty, and Mobility

Name: Economics of Inequality, Discrimination, Poverty, and Mobility
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ISBN: 9780765623270

ISBN-10: 0765623277

ISBN-13: 9780765623270

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert S. Rycroft

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Thoroughly classroom tested, this introductory-level text surveys what economists have to say about inequality (or income and wealth distribution), poverty, mobility--both intragenerational (within careers), and intergenerational (between generations)--and discrimination (on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, and many other factors) in the United States.This text brings the undergraduate treatment of these issues up-to-date, featuring detailed, non-mathematical examination of the economic theory underlying the analysis. There is a greater emphasis on mobility, on wealth accumulation, distribution and inheritance, and on discrimination law than in other texts. The author provides…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 488
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



The Pie and How We Slice It



Inequality



Labor's Slice of the Pie



The Foundations of Labor's Slice



The Slices of Capital, Land, and Entrepreneurship



Labor Markets That Do Not Clear



Slicing the Pie in a Non-discriminatory Pure Market Economy



Equalizing the Slices



How Big a Slice Do We Deserve?



Discrimination



Does the Slice We Receive Depend on Our Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Etc.?



Detecting and Measuring Discrimination



Reducing the Impact of Discrimination on How the Pie is Sliced



Poverty



A Slice Too Small



Making Small Slices Larger



Mobility



How the Size of a Slice Changes Over a Career



How the Size of a Slice Changes from Generation to Generation



The Accumulation, Distribution, and Transfer of Wealth



Final Thoughts



Equalizing and Enlarging the Slices


Bibliography


Index