Inequality and instability a study of the world economy just before the great crisis / [electronic resource] :
James K. Galbraith.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- xiv, 324 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The physics and ethics of inequality -- The need for new inequality measures -- Pay inequality and world development -- Estimating the inequality of household incomes -- Economic inequality and political regimes -- The geography of inequality in America, 1969 to 2007 -- State-level income inequality and American elections -- Inequality and unemployment in Europe : a question of levels -- European wages and the flexibility thesis -- Globalization and inequality in China -- Finance and power in Argentina and Brazil -- Inequality in Cuba after the Soviet collapse -- Economic inequality and the world crisis.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Income distribution. Economic policy. Globalization--Social aspects. Power (Social sciences) Economic development--Research. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.