"Caught in the Middle! Wealth Inequality and Conflict over Redistribution".
A vast literature documents that wealth inequality has risen throughout advanced democracies, especially the accumulation of wealth among the rich. Yet, instead of increasing wealth redistribution, governments have done the seemingly opposite. Key to understanding why democratic governments do not i...
| Publicado en: | Social Justice Research Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 436 - 462 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2022
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