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Do We Need Economic Inequality?

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Do We Need Economic Inequality?

By Danny Dorling

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About the book

Although economic inequality provokes widespread disquiet, its supposed necessity is rarely questioned. At best, a basic level of inequality is seen as a necessary evil. At worst, it is seen as insufficient to encourage aspiration, hard work and investment, a refrain sometimes used to advocate ever greater inequality. In this original new book, Danny Dorling critically analyses historical trends and contemporary assumptions in order to question the idea that inequality is an inevitability. What ...Show more

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9781509516551

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Polity Press

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2017

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