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1 online resource (vi, 314 pages) |
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Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: Civil War by Other Means; Four Indictments; Part I: The Tax State; 1 The Tax Clawback Scam; 2 Ricardo's Law; 3 Living on the Edge; 4 Governance as a Science; Part II Anatomy of a Dis-united Kingdom; 5 Pulling Power: London; 6 Castles in the Air: South East; 7 To CAP it All: East of England; 8 Economics of Life and Death: East Midlands; 9 Brave New World:Yorkshire and Humberside; 10 The Constituents of Tony Blair's Mind: North East; Part III: Babarians Within; 11 Beyond Hadrian's Wall; 12 America's Constitution of Unhappiness; 13 The Dis-abling State |
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Part IV: The New Financial Architecture14 The Economics of Equality; 15 First Law of Social Dynamics; 16 The New Mercantilism; Epilogue: A Personal Word; Select Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements; About the Author |
| Summary |
Presenting insights into how income and wealth are produced and distributed, this study analyzes how, despite two centuries of capital accumulation, poverty persists in rich nations. Relying on the theories of David Ricardo-a 19th-century economist credited with developing the theory of rent-a thorough presentation of the history of this economic law, from the inscriptions on the clay tablets of ancient Babylonian merchants to statistics that portray the modern economy, is provided. Presenting readers with conceptual tools that will motivate them to reengage in the democratic process, this exa |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Ricardo, David, 1772-1823
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| SUBJECT |
Ricardo, David, 1772-1823 fast |
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Classical school of economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Economy.
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Classical school of economics
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Wohlfahrtsstaat
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Fiskalpolitik
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Reform
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Großbritannien
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780856833175 |
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0856833177 |
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9780856833151 |
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0856833150 |
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