LEADER 04042nam 22008415 450 001 9910779429003321 005 20230207231808.0 010 $a0-300-14767-8 010 $a1-299-15997-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300147674 035 $a(CKB)2550000001001345 035 $a(EBL)3421137 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822562 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12363541 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822562 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10757314 035 $a(PQKB)10164739 035 $a(DE-B1597)485282 035 $a(OCoLC)842962036 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300147674 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421137 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001001345 100 $a20200424h20082008 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Stakeholder Society /$fAnne Alstott, Bruce Ackerman 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2008] 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-07826-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Your Stake in America -- $t2. Citizen Stakeholding -- $t3. The Stake in Context -- $t4. Profiles in Freedom -- $t5. Payback Time -- $t6. Taxing Wealth -- $t7. The Limits of Growth-and Other Objections -- $t8. From Worker to Citizen -- $t9. Taxing Privilege -- $t10. Ideals -- $t11. Alternatives -- $tAppendix: Funding the Stakeholder Society -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aA quarter century of trickle-down economics has failed. Economic inequality in the United States has dramatically increased. Many, alas, seem resigned to this growing chasm between rich and poor. But what would happen, ask Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott, if America were to make good on its promise of equal opportunity by granting every qualifying young adult a citizen's stake of eighty thousand dollars? Ackerman and Alstott argue that every American citizen has the right to share in the wealth accumulated by preceding generations. The distribution of wealth is currently so skewed that the stakeholding fund could be financed by an annual tax of two percent on the property owned by the richest forty percent of Americans.Ackerman and Alstott analyze their initiative from moral, political, economic, legal, and human perspectives. By summoning the political will to initiate stakeholding, they argue, we can achieve a society that is more democratic, productive, and free. Their simple but realistic plan would enhance each young adultís real ability to shape his or her own future. It is, in short, an idea that should be taken seriously by anyone concerned with citizenship, welfare dependency, or social justice in America today. 606 $aIncome distribution 606 $aSocial justice 606 $aTax incidence 606 $aTaxation 606 $aWealth 606 $aWelfare economics 606 $aIncome distribution 606 $aSocial justice 606 $aWelfare economics 606 $aTaxation 606 $aTax incidence 606 $aWealth 606 $aBusiness & Economics$2HILCC 606 $aEconomic Theory$2HILCC 615 4$aIncome distribution. 615 4$aSocial justice. 615 4$aTax incidence. 615 4$aTaxation. 615 4$aWealth. 615 4$aWelfare economics. 615 0$aIncome distribution 615 0$aSocial justice 615 0$aWelfare economics 615 0$aTaxation 615 0$aTax incidence 615 0$aWealth 615 7$aBusiness & Economics 615 7$aEconomic Theory 676 $a658.4/08 700 $aAckerman$b Bruce, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0522696 702 $aAlstott$b Anne, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779429003321 996 $aThe Stakeholder Society$93772695 997 $aUNINA