Too much stuff

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3569-6
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

Where has capitalism gone wrong? Why do conventional policy solutions produce only wider income disparity and inequality?
We now live in a new world in which we enjoy the highest living standard in history, acquiring ever more goods and services as necessary luxuries. Yet current policies only serve to expand public debt and exacerbate socio-economic inequality.
In Too much stuff, Yamamura suggests the only way for capitalism and democracy to thrive is to increase investment to meet societal needs and argues that this will help reduce the growing wealth gap which threatens global democracy.
With convincing evidence from across the Western world, this bold book challenges the economic orthodoxy and offers practical steps forward that we can all support.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yamamura, Kozo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A new perspective on capitalism's "sickness";
Inspiration in the Kaufhaus des Westens;
Unreal tax rates;
Printing money;
Inequality and discontent;
Buckling bridges and crumbling mountains;
The United States: stagnation and gridlock;
Japan: bubbles, "lost years" and Abenomics;
Unified Germany: a divided nation;
Four European economies;
Reform to the rescue;
Adapting capitalism and changing politics;
Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Yamamura, Kozo
Kozo Yamamura was until recently the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Asian Studies and Economics at the University of Washington, Seattle. He also worked at universities in the US, Japan, Germany and France. He published or edited 25 books from in the US, UK and Japan, many focused on the Japanese economy and economic history, in addition to several books on Comparative Economic Institutions and Policy.