Clasificación:
339.4 S731
Título:
Wealth, Poverty and Politics : an international perspective. --
Imp / Ed.:
New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Basic Books, c2015.
Descripción:
iii, 328 p. ; 25 cm.
Contenido:
1. Issues. -- 2. Geographic Factors. -- 3. Cultural Factors. -- 4. Social Factors. -- 5. Political Factors. -- 6. Implications and Prospects. -- Epilogue. --
Acknowledgments. -- Endnotes. -- Index. --
Resumen:
Tomado de LC: "In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological
struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring
the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth
production factors such as geography, demography, and culture. Sowell contends that liberals have a particular interest in misreading the data and chastises them for using income inequality
as an argument for the welfare state. Refuting Thomas Piketty, Paul Krugman, and others on the left, Sowell draws on accurate empirical data to show that the inequality is not nearly as
extreme or sensational as we have been led to believe."
ISBN:
9780465082933
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