Inequality and Poverty A Short Critical Introduction /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Subramanian, S. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Θέματα: Welfare economics.; Development economics.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Development Economics.

This book provides an entry into the subjects of disparity and deprivation, by attending to issues that have a bearing on certain salient philosophical and conceptual aspects of these subjects. The student doing a graduate course in the measurement of inequality and poverty is all too often plunged...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: The Intrinsic Bane of Inequality
• Chapter 2: The Instrumental Harms of Inequality
• Chapter 3: Distributive Justice and Utilitarianism
• Chapter 4: Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics
• Chapter 5: More on Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics
• Chapter 6: On the Conflict between Equity and Efficiency
• Chapter 7: Equality, Efficiency, and 'Levelling Down'
• Chapter 8: Equality and Liberty
• Chapter 9: Inter-Personal versus Inter-Group Inequality
• Chapter 10: The Measurement of Economic Inequality
• Chapter 11: Economic Inequality in India and the World
• Chapter 12: The Language of the Poverty Line
• Chapter 13: The Logic of the Poverty Line
• Chapter 14: India's Official Poverty Lines
• Chapter 15: Poverty Comparisons across Populations of Different Sizes
• Chapter 16: Targeting Assistance to the Poor
• Chapter 17: Do we have an Obligation to Assist the Distant Needy?
• Chapter 18: Poverty and Inclusive Growth in the Light of the Quintile Income Statistic
• Chapter 19: Deprivation in the Midst of Affluence
• Chapter 20: Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in India: Pulling the Threads Together.