Equality and Economy The Global Challenge

by BLIM, MICHAEL

• ISBN13: 9780759106888
• ISBN10: 0759106886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-20
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Anthropologist Michael Blim identifies equality as the key global issue of our time, as the value above others that will improve human wellbeing. Using it as a measure for policy, he demonstrates how taking equality seriously will change how our economies could function to provide greater wellbeing both in the United States and worldwide. His book will be valuable to readers concerned with transnational economies, global anthropology, and the study of work and labor. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Michael Blim teaches anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
The World We Live In	1	(16)
The Consequences of Capitalism	17	(20)
Values and Action	37	(18)
Valuing Equality	55	(16)
Comparing Values	71	(18)
Putting Values into Economies	89	(20)
The Necessity to Choose	109	(16)
Equality among Nations	125	(22)
Equality and Disadvantage Abroad	147	(18)
Equality at Home	165	(16)
A Good-Enough Economy	181	(30)
Achieving Equality	211	(24)
Index	235	(8)
About the Author	243