{"product_id":"9783030038458","title":"Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality: The Top 20%","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality: The Top 20%\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMihályi, Péter; Szelényi, Iván\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMihályi and Szelényi provide a timely contribution to contemporary debates about inequality of incomes and wealth, offering a careful examination of various sources of rent in contemporary societies, and considering several policy options to reduce inequality in order to preserve the meritocratic nature of liberal democracies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003ci\u003eRent-Seekers, Profits, Wages and Inequality \u003c\/i\u003eacknowledges the rapid and disturbing increase of incomes and wealth in the top 1 or 0.1%, it focuses on the increasing rent component of incomes and wealth in the top 20% as even more consequential. The attention to cutting-edge issues on inequality in macroeconomics, political science and sociology will appeal to social scientists interested in income distribution and wealth accumulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-01-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030038458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-03846-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 156\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47708647030924,"sku":"9783030038458","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030038458.jpg?v=1776781869","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030038458","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}