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Globalization and egalitarian redistribution/ edited by Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles and Michael Wallerstein

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2006Description: xiii + 326 pISBN:
  • 9780195685510
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337.1
Summary: 0t demonstrates that the free flow of goods, capital, and labor has increased the inequality or volatility of labor earnings in advanced industrial societies--while constraining governments' ability to tax the winners from globalization to compensate workers for their loss. This flow has meanwhile created opportunities for enhancing the welfare of the less well off in poor and middle-income countries. Comprising eleven essays framed by the editors' introduction and conclusion, this book represents the first systematic look at how globalization affects policies aimed at reducing inequalities.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

0t demonstrates that the free flow of goods, capital, and labor has increased the inequality or volatility of labor earnings in advanced industrial societies--while constraining governments' ability to tax the winners from globalization to compensate workers for their loss. This flow has meanwhile created opportunities for enhancing the welfare of the less well off in poor and middle-income countries. Comprising eleven essays framed by the editors' introduction and conclusion, this book represents the first systematic look at how globalization affects policies aimed at reducing inequalities.

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