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Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States
Mark Stelzner
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Hardcover. In Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States, Stelzner explores the causes of the astronomical increase in wage income inequality over the last three and a half decades. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
The income share of the top one percent of the population in the United States has increased from a little over nine percent of national income in the 1970s to 22.46 percent in 2012 a 144 percent increase. What is driving this astronomic growth in incomes for some? Is it possibly the result of non-meritorious forces? If so, how has this incredibly unequal development coexisted, and indeed worsened, in a political system based on equality? In Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States, Stelzner tackles each of these questions, and, in order to further develop ... Read more
The income share of the top one percent of the population in the United States has increased from a little over nine percent of national income in the 1970s to 22.46 percent in 2012 a 144 percent increase. What is driving this astronomic growth in incomes for some? Is it possibly the result of non-meritorious forces? If so, how has this incredibly unequal development coexisted, and indeed worsened, in a political system based on equality? In Economic Inequality and Policy Control in the United States, Stelzner tackles each of these questions, and, in order to further develop ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137389640
SKU
V9781137389640
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Mark Stelzner
Mark Stelzner is Assistant Professor of Economics at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. Stelzner s primary research interests are income inequality, institutions, and the political underpinnings of the economic system.
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