The new economics of inequality and redistribution /

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Author / Creator:Bowles, Samuel, author.
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 188 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Federico Caffè lectures
Federico Caffè lectures.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11864292
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ISBN:9781139530682
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:A novel and optimistic account of the possibility of a more just economy.
Other form:Print version: Bowles, Samuel. New economics of inequality and redistribution. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2012 9781107601604
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Summary: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 price of progress. Rather it is policy choice - often a very costly one. Here drawing on his experience both as a policy advisor and an academic economist, he offers an alternative direction, a novel and optimistic account of a more just and better working economy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 188 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781139530682
1139530682
9781139526012
1139526014
9781139012980
1139012983
9781107014039
9781107601604
1107601606
9781139528405
1139528408
1283528452
9781283528450
1107014034
1107235006
9781107235007
1139527215
9781139527217
9786613840905
6613840904
1139531875
9781139531870