The Creation of Wealth and Poverty

Means and Ways
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-81675-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

Reihe: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

The Creation of Wealth and Poverty is a study of the means and ways by which wealth and poverty are created in both developed and developing countries. It puts a particular emphasis on the role played by economic policy in shaping the stratification of modern societies through specific programmes dealing with issues of job creation, poverty and environmental degradation. This book is concerned with the social effects of the ongoing crisis in finance, development and the environment. By focusing on the political, legal and financial institutions that govern society and the economy, the book provides an analysis of wealth and poverty from a historical perspective. It shows how economic and social policies of the neoliberal model have led to a rise in unemployment, poverty and inequality and, therefore, made societies more polarized.

This volume will be of great interest to policymakers, academics and students who study political economy, development economics and macroeconomics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bougrine, Hassan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 The State, the Market and Management of Class Relations

Introduction

The Primitive State and its Economic Role

The Neoliberal State and the Policies of Pauperization

Conclusion

2 Democracy in Government: The Power of Policymaking

Introduction

Democracy in Government:

Economic and Social Democracy

Conclusion

3 Private Wealth … and Public Debt

Introduction

Of Assets and Liabilities

Public Policy and the Creation of Wealth

Conclusion

4 Full Employment versus Scarcity

Introduction

Austerity and the Creation of Artificial Scarcity

The Necessity of Full Employment

Conclusion

5 Innovation, Ownership and Progress

Introduction

Humanity’s Great Leap Forward: Innovation and the Role of the State

The Commodification of Knowledge and the Prospects of Progress

Conclusion

6 Industrialization Backwardness, International Trade and Finance

Introduction

The Weight of History, the Great Divergence and Industrial Policy

The Power of Finance: Removing the External Constraint

Conclusion

7 Industrialization and the Environmental Crisis

Introduction

The Fossil Economy and the Rise of Capitalist Industrialization

The Green Economy as Alternative

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Hassan Bougrine holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa and has been teaching at Laurentian University for nearly 30 years where he is currently the Chair of the Economics Department. He has been a Visiting Professor and scholar at many institutions in Latin America, Europe and Africa.