Inequality and Power: The Economics of Class

This book is about the causes and consequences of economic inequality in the advanced market economies of today. It is commonplace that in market systems people choose their own individual economic destinies, but of course the choices people make are importantly determined by the alternatives available to them: economic disparity arises mainly from unequal opportunity. Yet this merely begs the question; from whence do the vast existing inequalities of opportunity arise? This book theorizes power and social class as the real crux of economic inequality.

Author: Eric A. Schutz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/04/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780415554800

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2012

About the Author

Eric A. Schutz is a Professor of Economics at Rollins College, USA.