Fadda / Tridico Inequality and Uneven Development in the Post-Crisis World

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-315-38880-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

In the years following the financial crash, two issues have become central to the debate in economics: inequality and the uneven nature of sustainable development. These two issues are at the core of this book which aims to explain three key questions: why inequality was increasing so much in the last 3 decades; why most advanced economies are stagnating or are experiencing moderate economic growth; and why, even where economic growth is occurring, the quality of that growth is questioned.

Inequality and Uneven Development in the Post-Crisis World is divided into three parts. The first part concerns the theoretical aspects of inequality, and ethical issues regarding economics and equality. The second part explores empirical evidence and policy suggestions drawing on the uneven levels of development and unprecedented levels of inequality experienced among advanced economies in the context of global financial capitalism. The third part focuses on sustainable development issues such as full employment, social costs of global trade liberalization, environmental sustainability and ecological issues. Along with inequality these issues are central for capitalism and for economic development.

This volume is of interest to those who study political economy, sustainable development and social inequality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fadda, Sebastiano

Tridico, Pasquale

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Pasquale Tridico and Sebastiano Fadda

Part I Ethics, Pluralism and Theoretical Approaches



Chapter 1 The rise of income inequality in rich countries

Pasquale Tridico

Chapter 2 Income inequality, household debt and growth

Riccardo Pariboni

Chapter 3 Unsustainable Unemployment and Sustainable Growth. A Long Run Perspective

Sebastiano Fadda

Chapter 4 Shifting The Social Costs of Trade: Non-Tariff Measures As The New Focus Of Trade Policy

Werner Raza

Chapter 5 Inequity and Unsustainability: The Role of Financialized Masculinity

Julie A. Nelson



Part II Empirical Evidences of Inequality



Chapter 6 Intergenerational inequality: transmission channels, direct and indirect mechanisms and evidence for European countries

Michele Raitano

Chapter 7 Financialised Capitalism and Inequality: shareholder value-driven firms, marketised household balance sheets and bubbly financial markets

Nicholas Black and Ismail Ertürk

Chapter 8 Regional inequalities and foreign direct investments. The case of Hungary

Miklós Szanyi

Chapter 9 Financialization and Inequalities: The Uneven Development of the Housing Market On The Eastern Periphery of Europe

Zoltan Gál, Erika Nagy, Zsuzsi Pósfai



Part III Sustainable Development Issues



Chapter 10 The Triple Crisis: How can Europe foster growth, well-being, and sustainability?

Miriam Rehm, Sven Hergovich and Georg Feigl

Chapter 11 The challenge of hydropower as a sustainable development alternative

Benefits and controversial effects in the case of the Brazilian Amazon

Nicola Caravaggioa, Valeria Costantinia,b, Martina Iorioa, Salvatore Monnia and Elena Paglialungaa

Chapter 12 Careful with that switch! Willingness to save energy and income distribution

Gionata Castaldi, Alessio D’Amato and Mariangela Zoli

Chapter 13 PES – a Payment for Ecosystem Services or a Price for our (un)Efficiency System?

Renáta Kitti Fodor

Über Autor(innen)

Pasquale Tridico is Professor at the Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, and is lecturer of Labour Economics, and of Economic Policy. He is also Jean Monnet Chair of Economic Growth and Welfare Systems and General Secretary of the EAEPE.

Sebastiano Fadda is Professor at the Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, and teaches Advanced Labour Economics, and Economic Growth at the Department of Economics. He is director of a two-year Master’s degree course (Labour Market, Industrial Relations and Welfare Systems) and has worked extensively on institutions, economic development and labour economics issues.