Ending Income Inequality (Paperback)

Matthew Dimick

ISBN 10: 1108822843 / ISBN 13: 9781108822848

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2025

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Paperback. Income inequality in America has been on the rise for decades, but policy and legal thought has yet to catch up. Both parties in the United States have been hesitant to intervene in the market to address this problem, while the income tax system has been touted as a better and more efficient way to tackle income inequality. However, the tax system itself has failed to keep pace with the widening gaps in income. Ending Income Inequality challenges arguments made by legal scholars in the field of law and economics, who have supported the tax system over redistributive legal rules. By examining specific areas of the law such as minimum wage, collective bargaining, antitrust law, intellectual property, and housing regulation, the book argues that using legal rules, in addition to income taxes, is a promising path to reverse rising inequality. Income inequality has been rising for decades, yet there is a longstanding bias in legal thought-especially among law and economics scholars-against using legal rules to respond to this problem. This book shows why we should use legal rules, and not just income taxes, to address rising income inequality. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ending Income Inequality (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108822843
• ISBN 13: 9781108822848
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Income inequality in America has been on the rise for decades, but policy and legal thought has yet to catch up. Both parties in the United States have been hesitant to intervene in the market to address this problem, while the income tax system has been touted as a better and more efficient way to tackle income inequality. However, the tax system itself has failed to keep pace with the widening gaps in income. Ending Income Inequality challenges arguments made by legal scholars in the field of law and economics, who have supported the tax system over redistributive legal rules. By examining specific areas of the law such as minimum wage, collective bargaining, antitrust law, intellectual property, and housing regulation, the book argues that using legal rules, in addition to income taxes, is a promising path to reverse rising inequality.

About the Author

Matthew Dimick is Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo School of Law and Director of the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy.