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Joseph Stiglitz (2012) The Price of Inequality
A Synopsis of the book: The Price of Inequality (2012) by Joseph Stiglitz INCREASES IN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY: THEIR LINKS TO INEQUALITY In 1887 England’s Lord Acton wrote: “power tends to … Continue reading
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Tagged "fairness" (perceptions of), austerity policies (inequality and), corporations (advantages granted to), corporations (cultures within), democracy (erosions of), economics (sustainable), governmental control of market behaviour, growth cycles, income ("rent-seeking"), inequality (financial), inequality (of opportunity), inequality (social/educational), Joseph E. Stiglitz, justice (perceived fairness), morality (social), nations (sustainable), power (abuse of), power (dangerous levels of), social comparisons of self with others, The Price of Inequality (book), wealth (extremes of)
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Pleonexia and Human Nature
WHEN ENOUGH ISN’T ENOUGH: PLEONEXIA AND HUMAN NATURE “Money is just a way of keeping score.” H.L. Hunt Pleonexia is an ancient Greek word referring to a very old human problem. The word describes an obsessive desire … Continue reading
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Tagged "Enough", fair sharing, greed (cultures of), inequality (financial), losing, money, pleonexia, quality of life (facilitation of), score keeping, social comparisons of self with others, society (responsibilities to), wealth (extremes of), winning
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Wilkinson & Pickett (2009) The Spirit Level
A Synopsis of the book: The Spirit Level (2009) by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett INEQUALITY: THE PRIME SUSPECT … Continue reading
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Tagged health (physical), health (societal), inequality (financial), inequality (measures of), inequality (social/educational), Kate Picket, political economy (evidence based), Richard Wilkinson, social comparisons of self with others, social stratification, The Spirit Level (book), trust (social), wealth (extremes of)
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McQuaig & Brooks (2010) The Trouble With Billionaires
A Synopsis of the book: The Trouble With Billionaires by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks (2010) SOCIETIES IN AND OUT OF BALANCE: EFFECTIVE SHARING OF WEALTH AND POWER A careful balance between private and public access to “property” … Continue reading
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Tagged billionaires, democracy (erosions of), democracy (facilitation of), depressions (economic), economics (sustainable), greed (cultures of), inequality (financial), inequality (social/educational), Linda McQuaig, Neil Brooks, power (abuse of), power (dangerous levels of), social comparisons of self with others, taxation (progressive rates of), technology (advances in), The Trouble with Billionaires (book), wealth (extremes of)
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