1st Edition

Capitalism and Inequality The Role of State and Market

Edited By G.P. Manish, Stephen C. Miller Copyright 2021
244 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

244 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Capitalism and Inequality rejects the popular view that attributes the recent surge in inequality to a failure of market institutions. Bringing together new and original research from established scholars, it analyzes the inequality inherent in a free market from an economic and historical perspective. In the process, the question of whether the recent increase in inequality is the result of... Read more

Introduction
G.P. Manish and Stephen C. Miller

1. Capitalism, Cronyism and Inequality
Randall G. Holcombe

2. Globalization and Inequality: Does Anyone Lose from Free Trade?
Donald J. Boudreaux

3. The Institutional Justice of the Market Process: Entrepreneurship, Increasing Returns, and Income Distribution
Peter J. Boettke, Rosolino A. Candela, and Kaitlyn Woltz

4. Growth, Inequality and Unfairness: Comparing the Progressive and Classical Liberal Perspectives
Steven Horwitz

5. Government Labor Policies and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Richard Vedder

6. Government and the Economic History of American Income Inequality
Vincent Geloso

7. Inequality, Monetary Policy and the Gold Standard
Robert P. Murphy

8. Market Liberalization and the Poor in India: Measuring Economic Inequality through Consumption
G.P. Manish

9. The Economic History of Taxation and Inequality in the United States
Phillip W. Magness

10. The Measurement of Income Distribution and the Measurement of Inequality: A Critical Analysis
Stephen C. Miller

Biography

G.P. Manish is Associate Professor of Economics at Troy University, USA, and BB&T Professor of Economic Freedom at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, Troy University, USA.

Stephen C. Miller is Associate Professor of Economics at Troy University, USA, and Adams-Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, Troy University, USA.