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200 14$aThe careless state$b[electronic resource] $ewealth and welfare in Britain today /$fPaul Taylor
210   $aLondon $cBloomsbury Academic$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (383 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84966-001-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe 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 U?ber-capitalists: living with the extremely rich
327   $aCHAPTER 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
330   $aThis 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 'u?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 pr
606   $aWelfare state$zGreat Britain
606   $aEconomic development$zGreat Britain
606   $aWelfare economics
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606   $aPublic welfare$zGreat Britain
606   $aWealth$zGreat Britain
606   $aWealth$xMoral and ethical aspects
615  0$aWelfare state
615  0$aEconomic development
615  0$aWelfare economics.
615  0$aIncome distribution
615  0$aPublic welfare
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