Wealth, poverty and politics
Subtitle: an international perspective
By: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780465082933; 9780465073481
Subjects: Political aspects; Poverty; Wealth; Income distribution
Description: "Sowell...argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography, demography, and culture"--Amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Issues; title: Geographic factors; title: Cultural factors; title: Social factors; title: Political factors; title: Implications and prospects; title: Epilogue.