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1976 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Economic Inequality: (1) Objectives and the Market System

verfasst von : Julian Le Grand, Ray Robinson

Erschienen in: The Economics of Social Problems

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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In the preceding chapters we have seen that the aim of equity is often jeopardised by the existence of economic inequality. In this chapter and the next we shall examine the problem directly. By economic inequality we mean differences in individuals’ abilities to purchase goods and services, produced by the economy: what we shall term ‘differences in their purchasing power’.

Metadaten
Titel
Economic Inequality: (1) Objectives and the Market System
verfasst von
Julian Le Grand
Ray Robinson
Copyright-Jahr
1976
Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15632-0_8

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