Understanding economic inequality
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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Introducing inequality
  • 2 Everyday inequality
  • 3 Inequality in economics
    • 3.1 Income for whom?
    • 3.2 Sources of income
    • 3.3 Measuring income inequality
      • 3.3.1 What would an equal distribution of income look like?
    • 3.4 Inequality between countries
  • 4 What makes us unequal?
    • 4.1 Differences between individuals or households
    • 4.2 Factors affecting the level and distribution of wages
      • 4.2.1 How income is shared between labour and capital
  • 5 Why inequality matters
    • 5.1 Economic growth and inequality
    • 5.2 Inequality and economic success
  • 6 What can be done about income inequality?
    • 6.1 Redistribution of incomes through the taxation and benefit system
    • 6.2 Provision of goods such as education and healthcare
    • 6.3 The structure of original incomes
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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