ENGLISH

Does the Richness of the Few Benefit Us All?

By Bauman , Zygmunt

Book information

Publisher
Wiley;Polity
ISBN
9780745671086, 9780745671093, 9780745679211, 9780745679204, 074567108X, 0745671098
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
244 kB (249708 bytes)
Edition
Reprinted
Pages
V, 101 str. ; 19 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
ZDA;Bogastvo--Združene države Amerike;Distributive

Description

It is commonly assumed that the best way to help the poor out of their misery is to allow the rich to get richer, that if the rich pay less taxes then all the rest of us will be better off, and that in the final analysis the richness of the few benefits us all. And yet these commonly held beliefs are flatly contradicted by our daily experience, an abundance of research findings and, indeed, logic. Such bizarre discrepancy between hard facts and popular opinions makes one pause and ask: why are these opinions so widespread and resistant to accumulated and fast-growing evidence to the contrary?. Just how unequal are we today? -- Why do we put up with inequality? -- Some big lies on which a bigger one floats -- Words against deeds : an afterthought.

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