This book contains: 1. The choreography of American politics 2. Polarized politicians 3. Income polarization and the electorate 4. Immigration, income, and the voter's incentive to redistribute 5. Campaign finance and polarization 6. Polarization and public policy 7. Where have you gone, Mr. Sam
The main features of the just society, as they would be chosen by the unanimous, impartial, and fully informed judgment of its members, present a remarkable and simple meaningful structure. In this society, individuals' freedom is fully respected, and overall redistribution amounts to an equal sharing of individuals' different earnings obtained by the same limited 'equalization labour'. The con…
This book is mostly about the economics of inequality. In various essays in this volume, Stiglitz describing the nexus between politics and economics: the vicious circle by which more economic inequality gets translated into political inequality, especially in America's political system, which gives such unbridled power to money.