03118nam 2200589 a 450 991059715100332120230725024925.01-282-89460-997866128946021-84966-036-01-84966-355-6(CKB)2670000000046785(EBL)591107(OCoLC)727647681(MiAaPQ)EBC591107(MiAaPQ)EBC6460963(EXLCZ)99267000000004678520101206d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||The careless state[electronic resource] wealth and welfare in Britain today /Paul TaylorLondon Bloomsbury Academic20101 online resource (383 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84966-001-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 richCHAPTER 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; IndexThis book considers the social and economic damage wrought by neo-liberalism, in Britain and beyond. Paul Taylor analyses the effects of the increasing inequalities of income and wealth in recent years, concluding that a wide range of problems for the middle sections of society can be traced to the appearance of a class of the 'über-rich', the example they set and the demands they make. He takes the view that what has happened is the opposite of the much vaunted 'trickle-down effect'; there is actually a 'trickle-up effect' not only in the distribution of wealth but also in the ownership of prWelfare stateGreat BritainEconomic developmentGreat BritainWelfare economicsIncome distributionGreat BritainPublic welfareGreat BritainWealthGreat BritainWealthMoral and ethical aspectsWelfare stateEconomic developmentWelfare economics.Income distributionPublic welfareWealthWealthMoral and ethical aspects.338.941Taylor Paul350655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910597151003321Careless State1802449UNINA