Share the Wealth: How to End Rentier Capitalism - Softcover

Philippe Askenazy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178873937X ISBN 13: 9781788739375

Publisher: Verso, 2021

Synopsis

How can we reduce inequalities? How can we make work get better recognition and better pay? Philippe Askenazy in this new book shows that the current share of wealth is far from natural; it results from rising rents and their capture by the actors best endowed in the economic game. In this race for rents, the world of work is the big loser: while many workers feed capital rents by increased productivity and worsened working conditions, they are stigmatized as unproductive and their earnings stagnate. By proposing a new description of the capital-work relationship, calling for a remobilization of the world of work, and particularly poorly paid employees, Askenazy shows that there is a more radical alternative to neoliberalism beyond simply redistribution.

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About the Author

Philippe Askenazy is a specialist of labour and employment relations. He is a senior economist at the French National Center for Scientific Research, and fellow of NIESR (London) and IZA (Bonn). He is also columnist for Le Monde. He is the co-initiator of the collective called the 'Appalled Economists', a group aiming to stimulate collective thinking and public expression of economists who do not resign themselves to the predominant neoliberal orthodox doctrine. His Manifesto of the Appalled Economists with three co-authors was translated into dozens of languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178873937X
• ISBN 13: 9781788739375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208