Against inequality : the practical and ethical case for abolishing the superrich / Tom Malleson

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Malleson, Tom [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Verlag: New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]Beschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)ISBN:

9780197670439
0197670431

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Andere physische Formen: 9780197670415. | 0197670415 | 0197670393 | 9780197670408. | 9780197670392. | 9780197670408 | Erscheint auch als: Against inequality. Druck-Ausgabe New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]DDC-Klassifikation:

339.2

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HC79.I5

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Zusammenfassung: Introduction -- Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Income Tax and Market Regulations -- Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Wealth Taxes and Tax Havens -- Should We Aim for High Taxes and Low Inequality? Weighing Costs and Benefits -- Do Rich People Deserve Their Income? -- Do the Skilled and Hard Working Deserve More Than Others? -- Does Voluntary Exchange of Private Property Justify Inequality? -- How Much Inequality is Acceptable? The Case for Maximum Limits on Income and Wealth -- Conclusion.Zusammenfassung: "Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest person in the world, currently possesses $270 billion dollars. An average American worker would have to work for seven-and-a-half million years to earn this much. To put the matter the other way round, the total amount of money that a typical American will earn in their whole life - after, say, forty years of work - is the same as would be earned by Musk in just fourteen minutes. During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 250,000 Americans died and 20 million lost their jobs in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, yet the country's 614 billionaires saw their wealth actually increase by a third, from $2.95 trillion to almostPPN: PPN: 1882634063Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK | BSZ-4-NLEBK-KAUB

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