Did British capitalism breed inequality?

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Did British capitalism breed inequality?

Jeffrey G. Williamson

(Routledge library editions, . Economic history ; 143 . The UK)

Routledge, 2006

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Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Allen & Unwin, 1985

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: set ISBN 9780415286190

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Available as a 159-volume set, as thematic mini-sets or as single volumes, Routledge Library Editions: Economic History reprints some of the most important works on economic history published in the last century. For further information on this collection please email info.research@routledge.co.uk.
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: subset ISBN 9780415378413

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First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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: hbk ISBN 9780415378697

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First Published in 2005. This thirteen-chapter title is divided into three parts and concludes with five appendices, references, and index. The first part focuses on income inequality and the historical state of wages. The second begins the discussion on the driving forces of economic inequality and equilibrating factors. The third provides a model for inequality in a resource-scarce open economy with data, theory, and debate. Appropriate for economic students and those interested in British economic history.

Table of Contents

1. The issues Part I 2. Real wages and standard of living 3. Earnings inequality, skill scarcity and the structure of pay 4. Income inequality Part II 5. What drives inequality? 6. Disequilibrating factor demand: The industrialization bias 7. Equilibrating supply: men, machines and skills Part III 8. Modeling inequality in a resource-scarce open economy 9. Fact or fiction? 10. Accounting for the Kuznets Curve, 1821-1911 11. Why was British growth so slow before the 1820s? 12. Inequality, industrialization and the standard of living during wartime: conjectures 13. Data, theory and debate Appendices

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  • NCID
    BA75592630
  • ISBN
    • 0415286190
    • 0415378419
    • 0415378699
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 270 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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