ECOP2616 Notes

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ECOP2616 Inequality and Distribution Notes. These notes have been summarised; extracting the main points from each weeks' lecture, reading and tutorial materials into a synthesised form that can be used for study, tutorial guidance, lecture points etc. Topics Covered: - Should we care about inequality? - Freedom and opportunity; is social justice a mirage/ - Does exploitation create inequalities in what we own and earn? - Racial inequalities - can we have equality in a settler, multicultural society? - Gender inequalities - is gender inequality an economic issue? - Spatial inequalities - why do postcodes matter for our life chances? - Measuring inequality - Development and crises - what drives inequality between nations? - The Welfare State - what is being done about inequalities? - Tax and re-distribution - how should public wealth be created and shared? - Progressive pre-distribution - what alternative reforms are most important and viable?