The Politics of Inequality

A Political History of the Idea of Economic Inequality in America

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Since the early days of the American republic, political thinkers have maintained that a grossly unequal division of property, wealth and power would lead to the erosion of democratic life. Yet over the past 35 years, neoconservatives and neoliberals alike have redrawn the tenets of American liberalism. Nowhere is this more evident than in our current mainstream political discourse, in which the politics of economic inequality are rarely discussed.©2008 Columbia University Press (P)2008 Columbia University Press

Michael J. ThompsonDavid StamponeCaravan

Americas

Economic History

Economics

Macroeconomics

Political Science

Politics & Government

Poverty & Homelessness

Social Sciences

United States

World

Liberalism

Capitalism

Socialism

Economic disparity

Economic Inequality

Social Policy

Taxation

Americas Economic History Economics Macroeconomics Political Science Politics & Government Poverty & Homelessness Social Sciences United States World Liberalism Capitalism Socialism Economic disparity Economic Inequality Social Policy Taxation

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"Thompson provides a great service in revisiting - and reviving - the tradition of seeing extreme economic inequality and democracy as incompatible." (Daniel Brook, The Nation)
"[A] sweeping intellectual history... Recommended." (CHOICE)

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