The Inequality Hoax

James Piereson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

56 Seiten

2014
Encounter Books,USA (Verlag)
978-1-59403-785-6 (ISBN)

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The controversy over inequality has gathered steam with the publication of Thomas Piketty's new book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a dense work of economic history that documents the rise of income inequality in recent decades and sets forth an agenda of taxation to deal with it. Piketty's treatise has turned into a rallying point for those favoring income redistribution and higher taxes on the rich. In this Broadside, James Piereson explains how Piketty's book is flawed and advances a narrow understanding of the market system. While misjudging the era in which we are living and misunderstanding the sources of inequality, Piketty's book proposes solutions that will make matters worse for everyone -- the wealthy, the middle class, and the poor alike.

James Piereson is president of the William E. Simon Foundation and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he directs the Center for the American University. He is a frequent contributor to various journals and newspapers and is the author of Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism. He lives in New York City.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.9.2014
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 177 mm
Gewicht	56 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-59403-785-X / 159403785X
ISBN-13	978-1-59403-785-6 / 9781594037856
Zustand	Neuware