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An in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies. Wealth, and specifically its distribution, has been a topic of great debate in recent years. Calls for justice against corporations implicated in the 2008 financial crash; populist rallying against the one percent ; distrust of the influence of wealthy donors on elections and policy-all of these issues have their roots in a larger discussion of how wealth operates in American economic and political life. In Wealth a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars in political science, law and philosophy address the complex set of questions that relate to economic wealth and its implications for social and political life in modern societies. The volume thus brings together a range of perspectives on wealth, inequality, capitalism, oligarchy, and democracy. The essays also cover a number of more specific topics including limitarianism, US Constitutional history, the wealth defense industry, slavery, and tax policy. Wealth offers analysis and prescription including original assessment of existing forms of economic wealth and creative policy responses for the negative implications of wealth inequality. Economic wealth and its distribution is a pressing issue and this latest installment in the NOMOS series offers new and thought provoking insights.Product Identifiers
PublisherNew York University Press
ISBN-139781479827008
eBay Product ID (ePID)235253767
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Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWealth: Nomos Lviii
Publication Year2017
SubjectEconomics, Law, Government
TypeTextbook
AuthorMelissa Schwartzberg, Jack Knight
SeriesNomos-American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Weight499 g
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EditorMelissa Schwartzberg, Jack Knight
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States