04039nam 22006975 450 991025489500332120240207123858.03-319-28811-310.1007/978-3-319-28811-6(CKB)3710000000717760(DE-He213)978-3-319-28811-6(MiAaPQ)EBC4533859(EXLCZ)99371000000071776020160528d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierExtreme Inequalities in Contemporary Capitalism Should We Be Concerned About the Rich? /by Maurizio Franzini, Elena Granaglia, Michele Raitano1st ed. 2016.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2016.1 online resource (X, 128 p. 13 illus.) 3-319-28810-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.1 The planet of the rich: an exploration -- 2 The super-rich, competition and power -- 3 The super-rich: a matter of desert? -- 4 Extreme inequality, well-being, freedom -- 5 Why worry about the super-rich? The reasons and possible remedies.This book explores the mechanisms by which top incomes are achieved through work in today’s advanced economies and asks to what extent current extreme inequalities are compatible with widely held values of social justice. Reflecting on the heterogeneity of the working rich, the authors argue that very high earnings often result not from heightened competition induced by globalization but rather from a lack of competition, or at best deficient competition. It is proposed that such incomes cannot be justified in terms of efficiency or merit and do not generate positive trickle-down effects with benefits for all of society; rather, extreme inequalities in earnings risk jeopardizing equality of opportunity. The book concludes by offering a wide array of innovative policy prescriptions that are not punitive in intent and are not merely directed toward income redistribution. Readers will find the book to be a fascinating source of insights into the subject of the working rich, which remains largely unexplored within both economics and ethics.Economic policySocial structureEqualitySocial policyPolitical economyLabor economicsEthicsEconomic Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34010Social Structure, Social Inequalityhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22010Social Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34020International Political Economyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140Labor Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W37000Ethicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000Economic policy.Social structure.Equality.Social policy.Political economy.Labor economics.Ethics.Economic Policy.Social Structure, Social Inequality.Social Policy.International Political Economy.Labor Economics.Ethics.338.9Franzini Maurizioauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut89280Granaglia Elenaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autRaitano Micheleauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910254895003321Extreme Inequalities in Contemporary Capitalism1954779UNINA