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Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy
It was part of common wisdom that in the early stages of development inequality would rise, but it would, eventually, decline. As time passed and growth persisted, inequality has, however, continued to grow, casting doubt on the received wisdom.
Hollowed Out
For the past several decades, politicians and economists thought that high levels of inequality were good for the economy. But because America’s middle class is now so weak, the US economy suffers from the kinds of problems that plague less-developed countries. As Hollowed Out explains, to have strong, sustainable growth, the economy needs to work for everyone and expand from the middle out. This new thinking has the potential to supplant trickle-down economics—the theory that was so wrong about inequality and our economy—and shape economic policymaking for generations.
Human Rights and Public Goods
This powerful and empowering text offers a way forward for alleviating human suffering, presenting a realistic roadmap for enhanced global governance that can create workable solutions to mass poverty. William Felice and Diana Fuguitt emphasize the critical links between international human rights law, international political economy, and global organizations to formulate effective public policy to alleviate human suffering and protect basic human rights for all. They introduce students to the key legal and economic concepts central to economic and social human rights, including the right to education, a healthy environment, food, basic health care, housing, and clean water. They analyze the...
The Economics of Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination in the 21st Century
Leading scholars examine the conflicting paradigms of affluence and destitution in the United States—as well as other free societies—and discuss the influence of education, race, and status on economic mobility. While recent catastrophic events in New Orleans and Haiti may have magnified issues of social inequity, leaders have debated over poverty and discrimination for decades. Are the poor disadvantaged by the institutions of society or by the choices they make? Through two insightful volumes, the author examines differing academic and political perspectives to help shed light on the causes of poverty and inequality; the role that gender, race, age, or sexual preference plays in determ...
American Individualism and Female Autonomy in American Women's Writing
In the United States, where individualism is upheld as both a civic virtue and a cultural birthright, its conditional access for women turns it into a complex and persistent paradox. For women, it has never been a straightforward pursuit, but a path marked by struggle, compromise, and negotiation. Across the six texts examined in this study, Mary Wilkin’s Freeman’s “A New England Nun,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “A Yellow Wallpaper,” Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Anne Beattie’s “Janus,” Ellen Gilchrist’s “Revenge,” and Octavia Butler’s Parable series, one thing becomes clear. For many women, the ideal of individualism is not a goal, but a response, and how they respond—whether by retreating, adapting, resisting, or rebuilding—reveals the different forms autonomy can take in a society that often denies female agency. Ultimately, what emerges from these women's writings is not the image of the triumphant self-made individual, but of women who redefine strength through endurance, autonomy through relation, and identity through the difficult work of adaptation.
The 9.9 Percent
"A trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest 9.9 percent of Americans -- those just below the tip of the wealth pyramid -- have exacerbated the growing inequality in our country and distorted our social values"--
The Investment State
"The Investment State proposes a sequel to the welfare state, which addresses the challenges of the 21st century information age"--
What is Happening to Weekly Hours Worked in Canada?
This study examines whether the dispersion of (or inequality in) weekly hours worked has increased in Canada during the 1980s. Using data from the Labour Force Survey, this paper documents the magnitude and timing of the changes in dispersion of weekly hours which took place between September 1976 and September 1993. The paper considers inequality in weekly hours across individuals, by gender, and in the main job. It then documents in greater detail the decline of the relative importance of the standard workweek, disaggregating the data by age, educational level, gender, industry, and occupation. It also presents potential explanations for the growing dispersion of weekly hours.
Are Canadians More Likely to Lose Their Jobs in the 1990s?
Reports of extensive layoffs in large organizations, both public and private, are a regular occurrence in the media. As part of a comprehensive research effort to examine job instability, the objective of this paper is to assess one dimension of job instability, permanent layoffs. The key question addressed in the paper is "have permanent layoffs in Canada increased in the 1990s as compared to earlier comparable periods?" The data source used in this research is the Longitudinal Worker File on the separations of Canadian workers from 1978 to 1993.
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