Andrew Sayer

Gebundenes Buch

Why we can't afford the rich

Beschreibung

Why we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others. With an updated Afterword, Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence.

Autor

Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy at Lancaster University, UK. He has a long-standing interest in moral economy and has written several books on political economy, inequality, class, and philosophy and ethics, including Radical Political Economy: A Critique (Blackwell, 1995); The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life (2011) (both Cambridge University Press).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 691g
• ISBN-13: 9781447320791
• ISBN-10: 1447320794
• Artikelnr.: 41217878