{"product_id":"inequality-what-can-be-done-paperback","title":"Inequality: What Can Be Done? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony B. Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Economics and Business Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Economics Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem--talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate--but there has been little discussion of what we can do but despair. According to the distinguished economist Anthony Atkinson, however, we can do much more than skeptics imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Atkinson] sets forth a list of concrete, innovative, and persuasive proposals meant to show that alternatives still exist, that the battle for social progress and equality must reclaim its legitimacy, here and now... Witty, elegant, profound, this book should be read.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Thomas Piketty, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An uncomfortable affront to our reigning triumphalists.  Atkinson's] premise is straightforward: inequality is not unavoidable, a fact of life like the weather, but the product of conscious human behavior.\u003cbr\u003e--Owen Jones, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756901663008,"sku":"9780674979789","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45eaa16ecf261cb25ad83f3005b9a921.webp?v=1780088784","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/inequality-what-can-be-done-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}