03526nam 22006131 450 99621490310331620101206144341.01-84966-100-610.5040/9781849661003(CKB)3680000000164621(SSID)ssj0000413570(PQKBManifestationID)11299777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413570(PQKBWorkID)10381086(PQKB)11358248(OCoLC)676696328(UtOrBLW)bpp09255643(EXLCZ)99368000000016462120140929d2010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe careless state wealth and welfare in Britain today /Paul TaylorLondon :Bloomsbury Academic,2010.1 online resource (ix, 230 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographPrint version: 9781849660013 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The Trickle up Effect: What is the State for? -- How the Somewhat Better-Off Became Much Worse Off and Why it Made Them Angry -- The Strange Ways of Spending and Saving Public Money in Britain and Their Consequences -- Projecting the Trends: Another Dystopia? -- How the Bubble was Inflated in Britain - and Elsewhere - and the Trouble it Caused -- In the Company of the Uber-Capitalists: Living with the Extremely Rich -- Good Things and Bad Things: The New Front -- A Modern Walden: Genteel Poverty and Being Comfortably Off -- Changing Course: How to Fix it."This 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 ' ber-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 property and access to education, medicine and the law. He goes on to look at the government's failure to deal effectively with these problems, putting them in the context of the need to deal with the threat of terrorism and the effects of globalization. The book is highly relevant to the current crisis in the global financial system, especially with regard to its effects in the UK and USA, but it places that crisis in the context of wider developments."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Economic developmentGreat BritainIncome distributionGreat BritainPublic welfareGreat BritainWealthMoral and ethical aspectsWealthGreat BritainWelfare economicsWelfare stateGreat BritainSocial services & welfare, criminologyEconomic developmentIncome distributionPublic welfareWealthMoral and ethical aspects.WealthWelfare economics.Welfare stateTaylor Paul350655UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK996214903103316Careless State1802449UNISA