A Republic of Equals: A Manifesto for a Just Society
- ISBN-10
- 0691206430
- ISBN-13
- 9780691206431
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-08-24
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Jonathan Rothwell
Description
The author traces the massive income inequality observed in the U.S. and other rich democracies to politicized markets and avoidable gaps in opportunity--and explains why they are the root cause of what ails democracy today.oday.
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