The Wealth Paradox - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Wealth Paradox write by Frank Mols. This book was released on 2017-05-25. The Wealth Paradox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents compelling evidence of the 'wealth paradox', where economic prosperity can also fuel prejudice, social unrest, and intergroup hostility.
The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty
The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty write by Daniel Little. This book was released on 2018-02-07. The Paradox Of Wealth And Poverty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We live in a time of human paradoxes. Scientific knowledge has reached a level of sophistication that permits understanding of the most arcane phenomena and yet religious fundamentalism dominates in many parts of the world. We witness the emergence of a civil, liberal constitutionalism in many regions of the world and yet ethnic violence threatens the lives and dignity of millions. And we live in a time of rapid economic and technological advance and yet several billions of people live in persistent debilitating poverty. In this book, Daniel Little dissects these paradoxes offering the clearest perspective on how best to approach international development.Using both empirical and philosophical approaches, Little provides a schematic acquaintance with the most important facts about global development at the turn of the twentieth century. In doing so, he explores what appear to be the most relevant moral principles and insights that ought to be invoked as we consider these facts and then draws conclusions about what sorts of values and goals ought to guide economic development in the twenty-first century.
Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt
Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt write by Frederick Soddy. This book was released on 1926. Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
China's Gilded Age
China's Gilded Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook China's Gilded Age write by Yuen Yuen Ang. This book was released on 2020-05-28. China's Gilded Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world.
The Land of Too Much
The Land of Too Much - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Land of Too Much write by Monica Prasad. This book was released on 2012-12-31. The Land of Too Much available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other developed country? Why did it experience an attack on state intervention starting in the 1980s, known today as the neoliberal revolution? And why did it recently suffer the greatest economic meltdown in seventy-five years? Although the United States is often considered a liberal, laissez-faire state, Monica Prasad marshals convincing evidence to the contrary. Indeed, she argues that a strong tradition of government intervention undermined the development of a European-style welfare state. The demand-side theory of comparative political economy she develops here explains how and why this happened. Her argument begins in the late nineteenth century, when America’s explosive economic growth overwhelmed world markets, causing price declines everywhere. While European countries adopted protectionist policies in response, in the United States lower prices spurred an agrarian movement that rearranged the political landscape. The federal government instituted progressive taxation and a series of strict financial regulations that ironically resulted in more freely available credit. As European countries developed growth models focused on investment and exports, the United States developed a growth model based on consumption. These large-scale interventions led to economic growth that met citizen needs through private credit rather than through social welfare policies. Among the outcomes have been higher poverty, a backlash against taxation and regulation, and a housing bubble fueled by “mortgage Keynesianism.” This book will launch a thousand debates.
