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The Return of Inequality

Hardcover • 2021 • English

The Return of Inequality : Social change and the weight of the past

By Mike Savage

3 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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About the book

<p><b>A pioneering book that takes us beyond economic debate to show how inequality is returning us to a past dominated by empires, dynastic elites, and ethnic divisions.</b><br><br>The economic facts of inequality are clear. The rich have been pulling away from the rest of us for years, and the super-rich have been pulling away from the rich. More and more assets are concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Mainstream economists say we need not worry; what matters is growth, not distribution. In ...Show more

Society and Social Sciences
Society and culture: general
Sociology and anthropology

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ISBN

9780674988071

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The Return of Inequality

Format

Hardcover

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