Inequality: An Entangled Political Economy Perspective
by Mikayla Novak (Author)

About the Author
Mikayla Novak is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Novak is recognised as one of Australia’s leading econo-mists in the classical liberal philosophical tradition. She has been a prolific contributor to Australian public policy debates, having written over 240 newspaper opinion articles on economic and social issues.

About this book
In recent years the degree of income and wealth inequality within developed countries has been raised as a central issue in economic and social policy debates. Numerous figures across diverse ideological affinities have advocated policy measures to significantly alter income and wealth distributions, while the inequality debate has become infused with other subjects such as social justice and identity politics. This book presents an account of economic inequality from a contemporary classical liberal perspective. Inequality is seen as a by-product of entangled relationships within society, bringing to the fore key ideas from complexity, evolutionary and network sciences.
Novak illustrates that inequality is problematic insofar as it generates pro-rich redistribution and constrains progress by the less well off. Economic inequality has important links with issues such as fiscal and regulatory policies, discrimination and social exclusion, and institutional design.
This unique book is important reading for social science academics, policy makers and people interested in exploring the dimensions and solutions to inequality, a critical issue of our time.

Contents
1 Introduction 1
Part I Theoretical Foundations 27
2 Entangled Political Economy: A General Introduction 29
3 Explaining Inequality in an Entangled Political Economy 55
Part II Case Studies 83
4 Taxation and Expenditure Policies 85
5 Regulatory Policies 119
6 Social Exclusion 153
Part III Reforms 181
7 Economic Constitutionalis m and Inequality 183
8 A Society of Dignified Equals and Inequality 217
9 Conclusion 249
Index 259

Series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
Length: 262 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2018 edition (May 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3319894161
ISBN-13: 978-3319894164

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