Inequality
- ISBN-10
- 0674504763
- ISBN-13
- 9780674504769
- Series
- Inequality
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Anthony B. Atkinson
Description
Offers ambitious new policies in technology, employment, social security, sharing of capital and taxation, defending them against the common arguments and excuses for inaction. Includes 15 graphs and 15 tables.
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