Understanding Economic Inequality

Todd A. Knoop

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Abstract: In Understanding Economic Inequality, the author brings an economist’s perspective informed by new, groundbreaking research on inequality from philosophy, sociology, psychology, and political science and presents it in a form that it is accessible to those who want to understand our world, our society, our politics, our paychecks, and our neighbors’ paychecks better.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
ISBN: 9781788971591
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 How do we measure unequal? The who, where, what, when, and how of inequality , pp 1-19

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Ch 2 How unequal are we? Six major facts , pp 20-37

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Ch 3 Why might inequality be necessary? Incentives, freedom, and efficiency , pp 38-56

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Ch 4 Why does unequal matter? The economic externalities of inequality , pp 57-98

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Ch 5 Why has domestic inequality risen, and fallen, and risen? , pp 99-131

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Ch 6 Why are the three most important factors in global inequality location, location, and location? , pp 132-165

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Ch 7 Is inequality a problem we can solve? , pp 166-200

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Ch 8 What is the future of economic inequality? , pp 201-219

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