The distribution of wealth
- ISBN: 9781840648140
- Editorial: Edward Elgal Publishing Limited
- Fecha de la edición: 2004
- Lugar de la edición: Cheltenham. None
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 148
- Idiomas: Inglés
The Distribution of Wealth is the first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the personal distribution of wealth. Michael Schneider uses data from fifteen countries to demonstrate how inequality in the distribution of wealth both varies between different parts of the world and changes over time, before going on to discuss why the distribution of wealth is unequal, whether it should be unequal, and how it could be changed ÍNDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Measuring Inequality in the Distribution of Wealth 3. Empirical Studies of the Distribution of Wealth 4. Determinants of the Distribution of Wealth 5. Ranking Alternative Distributions of Wealth 6. How to Change the Distribution of Wealth 7. Equality versus Affluence? 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index
