| Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules of Communities, States and Markets Contributor(s): Bowles, Samuel (Author), Brighouse, Harry (Author), Gintis, Herbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 185984863X ISBN-13: 9781859848630 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: In a major work on economic and social policy, two prominent economists lead a debate to redistribute wealth. The book lays out the underlying logic of this proposal in detail, followed by responses by both critics and supporters. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 339.2 |
| LCCN: 98-35498 |
| Series: Real Utopias Project |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6.41" W x 9.57" (1.73 lbs) 412 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Recasting Egailtarianism, part of Verso's Real Utopias series, economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis diagnose the current malaise of the Left as a result of the obsolescence of its traditional economic models. They propose an egalitarian redistribution of assets--land, capital and housing--and draw in novel ways on markets, competition, state regulation and community governance. The lead essay in the book lays out the underlying logic of this proposal in some detail. In the series of critiques which follow it, a range of distinguished thinkers engage in lively polemic concerning the practicality and effectiveness of the authors' scheme. |