1st Edition
Inequality: Economic and Social Issues
Introduction: Inequality – A Multi-Faceted Phenomenon
Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut and Neelambar Hatti
PART I: Manifestations of Inequalities
1. The Late Encounter Between Inequality and Class
Göran Therborn
2. Gender Inequalities: Progress and Challenges
Romane Frecheville-Fucon, Magali Jaoul-Grammare and Faustine Perrin
Part II: Inequalities in Income and Wealth
3. Piketty and the Distribution of Wealth
Jesper Roine
4. J.K. Galbraith and Inequality: From Confidence to Misanthropy
Benny Carlson
5. Atkinson on Inequality
Arne Bigsten
PART III: Discrimination, Plunder and Inequalities
6. Discrimination as a Determinant of Economic Inequality
Ali Ahmed, Mats Lundahl and Eskil Wadensjö
7. The Predatory State: A Case of Extreme Inequality
Mats Lundahl
Part IV: Geographical Inequalities
8. Regional Inequalities
Daniel Rauhut and Alois Humer
9. Housing and Inequality: The Case of Portugal
Sónia Alves and Pedro Guimarães
10. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Globalization
Arne Bigsten
Biography
Mats Lundahl, Professor Emeritus of Development Economics, Stockholm School of Economics.
Daniel Rauhut, PhD in Economic History, Associate Professor in Regional Planning, and an affiliated researcher to Karlstad University, Sweden, and Lisbon University, Portugal.
Neelambar Hatti, Professor Emeritus of Economic History, School of Economics and Management, Lund University.
