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Confronting Inequality

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Author : Jonathan D. Ostry
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-08

Confronting Inequality written by Jonathan D. Ostry and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-08 with Business & Economics categories.

Inequality has drastically increased in many countries around the globe over the past three decades. The widening gap between the very rich and everyone else is often portrayed as an unexpected outcome or as the tradeoff we must accept to achieve economic growth. In this book, three International Monetary Fund economists show that this increase in inequality has in fact been a political choice—and explain what policies we should choose instead to achieve a more inclusive economy. Jonathan D. Ostry, Prakash Loungani, and Andrew Berg demonstrate that the extent of inequality depends on the policies governments choose—such as whether to let capital move unhindered across national boundaries, how much austerity to impose, and how much to deregulate markets. While these policies do often confer growth benefits, they have also been responsible for much of the increase in inequality. The book also shows that inequality leads to weaker economic performance and proposes alternative policies capable of delivering more inclusive growth. In addition to improving access to health care and quality education, they call for redistribution from the rich to the poor and present evidence showing that redistribution does not hurt growth. Accessible to scholars across disciplines as well as to students and policy makers, Confronting Inequality is a rigorous and empirically rich book that is crucial for a time when many fear a new Gilded Age.

Confronting Educational Inequality

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Author : Edward P. St. John
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Confronting Educational Inequality written by Edward P. St. John and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Education categories.

Inequality And Power

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Author : Eric A. Schutz
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2011-03-21

Inequality And Power written by Eric A. Schutz and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-21 with Business & Economics categories.

This book is about the causes and consequences of economic inequality in the advanced market economies of today. It is common that in market systems people choose their own individual economic destinies, but of course the choices people make are importantly determined by the alternatives available to them: unequal opportunity is the critical determinant of economic disparities. This begs the question; from where do the vast inequalities of opportunity arise? This book theorizes that power and social class are the real crux of economic inequality. Most of mainstream economics studiously eschews questions involving social power, preferring to focus instead on "individual choice subject to constraint" in contexts of "well-functioning markets". Yet both "extra-market" power structures and power structures arising from within the market system itself are unavoidably characteristic of real-world market-based economies. The normal working of labor and financial markets engenders an inherent wealth-favoring bias in the distribution of opportunities for occupational choice. But that bias is greatly compounded by the economic, social, political and cultural power structures that constitute the class system. For those power structures work to distribute economic benefit to class elites, and are in turn undergirded by the disparities of wealth they thus help engender. Inequality and Power offers an economic analysis of the power structures constituting that class system: employers’ power over employees; the power of certain businesses over others; professionals’ power over their clients and other employees; cultural power in the media and education systems; and political power in "democratic" government. Schutz argues that a "class analysis" of the trend of increasing economic inequality today is superior to the mainstream economic analysis of that trend. After considering what is wrong with power-based inequality in term of criteria of distributive justice and economic functionality, the book concludes with an outline of various possible correctives. This book should be of interest to students and researchers in economics, sociology, political science and philosophy, as well as anyone interested in the theories of social class.

Confronting Inequality

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Author : Laura Tach
language : en
Publisher: APA Bronfenbrenner the Ecology
Release Date : 2020

Confronting Inequality written by Laura Tach and has been published by APA Bronfenbrenner the Ecology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Political Science categories.

"All children deserve the best possible future. But in this era of increasing economic and social inequality, more and more children are being denied their fair chance at life. This book examines the impact of inequality on children's health and education, and offers a blueprint for addressing the impact of inequality among children in economic, sociological, and psychological domains. Chapters examine a wide range of studies including exposure to stress and its biological consequences; the impact of federal programs offering access to nutrition for mothers and children; the impact of parental decision making and child support systems; the effects of poverty on child care and quality of education, parental engagement with schools, parent child interactions, friendship networks, and more. The book concludes with commentaries from leading scholars about the state of the field, and efforts to help mitigate the effects of inequality for children in the US and throughout the world"--

Regimes Of Inequality

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Author : Julia Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-01-02

Regimes Of Inequality written by Julia Lynch and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-02 with Medical categories.

Why can't politicians seem to make policies that will reduce social inequality, even when they acknowledge that inequality is harmful?

Global Development And Human Rights

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Author : Paul J. Nelson
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2021-06-22

Global Development And Human Rights written by Paul J. Nelson and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with Business & Economics categories.

Global Development and Human Rights analyses global efforts to implement long-term goals that seek to promote the health, happiness, and freedoms of individuals.

Humanity Divided

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: UN
Release Date : 2013

Humanity Divided written by and has been published by UN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.

This report revisits the theoretical concepts of inequalities including their measurements, analyzes their global trends, presents the policy makers' perception of inequalities in 15 countries and identifies various policy options in combating this major development challenge of our time. The report makes the basic point that in spite of the impressive progress humanity has made on many fronts over the decades, it still remains deeply divided. In that context, it is intended to help development actors, citizens, and policy makers contribute to global dialogues and initiate conversations in their own countries about the drivers and extent of inequalities, their impact, and the ways in which they can be curbed.

Confronting Crime

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Author : Elliott Currie
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 1985

Confronting Crime written by Elliott Currie and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Probes the social, political, and economic factors behind America's crime problem, challenges conservative views of permissiveness and judicial weakness, and calls for a new approach to solving the crime crisis.

Challenging Oppression And Confronting Privilege

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Author : Robert P. Mullaly
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
Release Date : 2010

Challenging Oppression And Confronting Privilege written by Robert P. Mullaly and has been published by Oxford University Press Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Psychology categories.

First ed. published under title: Challenging oppression.

Confronting Inequality

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Author : Michael Nassen Smith
language : en
Publisher: Jacana Media
Release Date : 2018

Confronting Inequality written by Michael Nassen Smith and has been published by Jacana Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Equality categories.

South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world, with a Gini coefficient of 0.63 in 2015. In terms of wealth, the top percentile households hold 70.9% while the bottom 60% holds a mere 7%. 76% of South Africans face an imminent threat of falling below the poverty line. These statistics explain the continued presence of violent protest in the country and a general sense that the legacies of apartheid and colonialism have not been overcome. In this context, the Institute for African Alternatives has brought together a series of papers written by eminent South African academics and policymakers to serve as a catalyst to finally confront and resolve inequality.