Why we can't afford the rich

Autoreninformation

Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University, UK. He has a long-standing interest in moral economy and has written several books on political economy, inequality, class, and philosophy and ethics, including Radical Political Economy: A Critique (Blackwell, 1995); The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life (2011) (both Cambridge University Press).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction;
Part I: A Guide to Wealth Extraction;
Slippery Terms and Vital Distinctions;
For rent . . . for what?;
Interest . . . for what? or We need to talk about usury;
Profit from production: or capitalists and rentiers: what's the difference?;
Other ways to skin a cat;
Don't the Rich Create Jobs? - and other objections;
Part II: Putting the Rich in Context: What Determines What People Get?;
To what do we owe our wealth?: Our dependence on the commons;
So what determines pay?;
The myth of the level playing field;
Part III: How the Rich Got Richer: Their Part in the Crisis;
The roots of the crisis;
Key winners;
Summing up: the crisis and the return of the rentiers;
Part IV: Rule by the Rich, for the Rich;
Silent power, pol donations lattice of influence;
Hiding it;
Illegal? + poachers;
What about philanthropy?;
Plutonomy;
Part V: Ill-gotten and Ill-spent: From Consumption to Ill-Being and CO2;
Spending it;
Global warming trumps everything;
Conclusion: back to basics - what kind of economy do we need?.

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