Inequality and poverty a short critical introduction /

This book provides an entry into the subjects of disparity and deprivation, by attending to issues that have a bearing on certain salient philosophical and conceptual aspects of these subjects. The student doing a graduate course in the measurement of inequality and poverty is all too often plunged...

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Main Author: Subramanian, S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gateway East, Singapore : Springer, [2019]
Series:SpringerBriefs in economics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Subjects:
Poverty.
Income distribution.
Online Access:SpringerLink - Click here for access

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