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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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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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L. Kohr (1957) The Breakdown of Nations
A Synopsis Of Leopold Kohr’s Book The Breakdown of Nations (1957) WHY SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL, NATURAL, IMPERATIVE, AND GENERALLY UNOBTAINABLE Every human life has its seasons. And so does every human society, organization, and culture. There are times … Continue reading
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Tagged balance/equilibrium, democracy (facilitation of), diversity (importance of), economics (sustainable), growth (excessive), growth cycles, law of diminishing effect, Leopold Kohr, nations (sustainable), necessities & luxuries, organizations (sustainable), peace (facilitation of), political economy, power (abuse of), power (dangerous levels of), productivity (optimizing), quality of life (facilitation of), redundancies (importance of), size (optimizing), Small is Beautiful, temptation (human susceptibility to), The Breakdown of Nations, theories (exceptions and counter-examples to), theory of size, United Nations (weaknesses of), war (causes of)
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