The aim of the course is to is to provide students with a basic knowledge of
(a) the extent, the evolution and the main drivers of current income and wealth inequalities acknowledging both the many dimensions of inequality and the partiality of all inequality measures;
b) the main economic and ethical positions on the acceptability/unacceptability of market inequalities;
c) the role of taxation, be it on income or wealth, in curtailing market inequalities in a globalized economy.
(a) the extent, the evolution and the main drivers of current income and wealth inequalities acknowledging both the many dimensions of inequality and the partiality of all inequality measures;
b) the main economic and ethical positions on the acceptability/unacceptability of market inequalities;
c) the role of taxation, be it on income or wealth, in curtailing market inequalities in a globalized economy.
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See the course 20110468 Economics, Ethics and Social JusticeTesti Adottati
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See the course 20110468 Economics, Ethics and Social Justice