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Growing Unequal? brings together a range of analyses on the distribution of economic resources in OECD countries. The evidence on income distribution and poverty covers, for the first time, all 30 OECD countries in the mid-2000s, while information on trends extending back to the mid-1980s is provided for around two-thirds of the countries. The report also describes inequalities in a range of domains (such as household wealth, consumption patterns, in-kind public services) that are typically excluded from conventional discussion about the distribution of economic resources among individuals and households. The report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across the OECD, but the timing, intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media. Precisely how much inequality there is in a society is not determined randomly, nor is it beyond the power of governments to change, so long as they take note of the sort of up-to-date evidence included in this report. This report includes StatLinks, URLs linking tables and graphs in the book to Excel® spreadsheets containing the data.

Income distribution. --- Income distribution --- Poverty --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Destitution --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income

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Economic and social shifts have led to rising income inequality in the world's affluent countries. Lane Kenworthy offers a major new comprehensive and systematic assessment of the experiences of rich nations over the last 30 years.

Employment (Economic theory) --- Income distribution. --- Equality. --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Economics

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This volume looks beyond the distribution of income by examining the assets, debts, and net worth of individuals and households to create a global picture of wealth, its distribution and concentration.

Wealth. --- Economic development. --- Income distribution. --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- E-books --- Wealth --- Economic development --- Income distribution

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Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions contribute to the often surprising twists and turns of distributive politics.The contributors hail from a range of disciplines and employ an array of methodologies to illuminate the central questions of democratic distributive politics: What explains the variety of welfare state systems, and what are their prospects for survival and change? How do religious beliefs influence people’s demand for redistribution? When does redistributive politics reflect public opinion? How can different and seemingly opposed groups successfully coalesce to push through policy changes that produce new winners and losers?The authors identify a variety of psychological and institutional factors that influence distributive outcomes. Taken together, the chapters highlight a common theme: politics matters. In seeking to understand the often puzzling contours of distribution and redistribution, we cannot ignore the processes of competition, bargaining, building, and destroying the political alliances that serve as bridges between individual preferences, institutions, and policy outcomes.

Democracy -- Economic aspects. --- Distribution (Economic theory) -- Political aspects. --- Distributive justice. --- Income distribution -- Political aspects. --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Income distribution --- Distributive justice --- Democracy --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Political aspects --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Justice --- Social justice --- Wealth --- Disposable income --- Moral and ethical aspects --- E-books --- Taking. --- broad. --- coalitions. --- contribute. --- distribution. --- distributive. --- encompassing. --- explores. --- individuals. --- inequality. --- institutions. --- often. --- politics. --- risk. --- status. --- surprising. --- this. --- turns. --- twists. --- view. --- volume. --- wealth. --- well-being.

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Economic growth --- Income --- Economic development --- Income distribution --- Wealth --- 339.22 --- 330.56 --- Distribution of income --- Income inequality --- Inequality of income --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Disposable income --- Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- 330.56 Nationaal inkomen. Volksinkomen. Gezinsinkomen. Vermogensstratificatie. Particuliere inkomens en bestedingen. Armoede. Honger --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- Development, Economic --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse