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
Contents:
  • Chapter 1: The Intrinsic Bane of Inequality
  • Chapter 2: The Instrumental Harms of Inequality
  • Chapter 3: Distributive Justice and Utilitarianism
  • Chapter 4: Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics
  • Chapter 5: More on Distributive Justice and Welfare Economics
  • Chapter 6: On the Conflict between Equity and Efficiency
  • Chapter 7: Equality, Efficiency, and 'Levelling Down
  • Chapter 8: Equality and Liberty
  • Chapter 9: Inter-Personal versus Inter-Group Inequality
  • Chapter 10: The Measurement of Economic Inequality
  • Chapter 11: Economic Inequality in India and the World
  • Chapter 12: The Language of the Poverty Line
  • Chapter 13: The Logic of the Poverty Line
  • Chapter 14: Indias Official Poverty Lines
  • Chapter 15: Poverty Comparisons across Populations of Different Sizes
  • Chapter 16: Targeting Assistance to the Poor
  • Chapter 17: Do we have an Obligation to Assist the Distant Needy?
  • Chapter 18: Poverty and Inclusive Growth in the Light of the Quintile Income Statistic
  • Chapter 19: Deprivation in the Midst of Affluence
  • Chapter 20: Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in India: Pulling the Threads Together.

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