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Autore |
Taylor Paul |
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Titolo |
The careless state [[electronic resource] ] : wealth and welfare in Britain today / / Paul Taylor |
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London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-89460-9 |
9786612894602 |
1-84966-036-0 |
1-84966-355-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (383 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Welfare state - Great Britain |
Economic development - Great Britain |
Welfare economics |
Income distribution - Great Britain |
Public welfare - Great Britain |
Wealth - Great Britain |
Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Careless State; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The trickle-up effect: what is the state for?; CHAPTER TWO: How the somewhat better off became much worse off, and why it made them angry; CHAPTER THREE: The strange ways of spending and saving public money in Britain and their consequences; CHAPTER FOUR: Projecting the trends: another dystopia?; CHAPTER FIVE: How the bubble was inflated in Britain - and elsewhere - and the trouble it caused; CHAPTER SIX: In the company of Über-capitalists: living with the extremely rich |
CHAPTER SEVEN: Good things and bad things: the new frontCHAPTER EIGHT: A modern Walden: having sufficient means and being comfortably off; CHAPTER NINE: Reflections in the storm; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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