Inequality and instability : a study of the world economy just before the Great Crisis

Galbraith, James K. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9780199855650
ISBN: 019985565X
Physical Description: print
xiv, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-307) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The physics and ethics of inequality -- The need for new inequality measures -- Pay inequality and world development -- Estimating the inequality of household incomes -- Economic inequality and political regimes -- The geography of inequality in America, 1969 to 2007 -- State-level income inequality and American elections -- Inequality and unemployment in Europe : a question of levels -- European wages and the flexibility thesis -- Globalization and inequality in China -- Finance and power in Argentina and Brazil -- Inequality in Cuba after the Soviet collapse -- Economic inequality and the world crisis.