Unequal Societies: Income Distribution and the Social Contract
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JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- P16 - Economic Systems - - Capitalist Systems - - - Political Economy of Capitalism
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
- E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy
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