Rent-seekers, profits, wages and inequality : the top 20% /: the top 20%. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Péter Mihályi, Iván Szelényi.
• Authors: Mihályi, Péter; Szelényi, Iván
• Contents: Intro; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1 Back to David Ricardo; 2 Inequalities and Social Stability; 3 Gist of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Rent in Classical Economic, Social, and Political Theory; Abstract; 1 The Beginning: John Locke and Adam Smith; 2 Ricardo Was Not Entirely Correct, but...; 3 Karl Marx and His Concept of Exploitation; 4 Closed and Open Social Relations, Rent-Seeking and Profit-Seeking Activity: Max Weber; 5 Various Non-capitalist Forms of Inequalities and Exploitation 6 Interpretation and Generalization of Ricardo's Theory of Rent by SorensenReferences; Chapter 3 Thirteen Types of Rent in the Globalized World; Abstract; 1 The Definition and the Main Types of Rent; 2 Institutional Consequences of Rents; 3 Measuring Capital and Wealth; References; Chapter 4 Class Reproduction of the Upper Middle Class (Top 20%); Abstract; 1 Elite Education; 2 Inheritance of Wealth; 3 Assortative Mating; References; Chapter 5 Stages of Rent-Seeking Under Post-communism; Abstract; 1 Market Capture by Political Elites 1.1 Political Capitalism: The Use of Market Mechanisms by Communist Cadres to Turn State Property into Private Wealth1.2 Market Capture by Political Elites During Privatization of State Property for Personal Enrichment or Recruitment of Clients; 1.3 Manipulating Markets After Privatization Either to Serve the Enrichment of New Political Elites or to Recruit New Loyal Propertied Bourgeoisie; 2 State Capture by Oligarchs; 3 Capture of Oligarchs by Autocratic Rulers; References; Chapter 6 Rent-Securing by the Nation-States and Rent Destruction by Globalization; Abstract 1 Within-Country and Cross-Country Inequalities-The Links to Growth2 Global Inequalities-The Links to Globalization; 3 Nationalist Counterattack Against Globalization, Migration and Multi-culturalism; References; Chapter 7 Theoretical and Policy Conclusions; Abstract; 1 Theoretical Conclusions; 2 Policy Conclusions; 3 Final Comments; References; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.01/2; Rent seeking; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030038465; 3030038467
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019).
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