Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Anthony B. Atkinson
The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality-a critically important examination of poverty around the world In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson…
Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order
Inequality and poverty have returned with a vengeance in recent decades. To reduce them, we need fresh ideas that move beyond taxes on the wealthy. Anthony B. Atkinson offers ambitious…
Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order
Offers new policies in technology, employment, social security, capital sharing, and taxation that intend to narrow the income gap, defending them against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.
Available to order, ships in 10-14 daysAvailable to order
The papers in this book examine the changes and the problems emerging in the New Europe, assess some of the forces at work and discuss various outcomes and solutions.
Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order
Avril Alba
The first part of the volume examines the idea of ‘Agathotopia’ put forward by Nobel-Prize winner James Meade; the second with worker participation and economic democracy, including the Yugoslav experience…
]At a time of rapid change in Central and Eastern Europe, there is widespread interest in alternative forms of market economy. Is it possible to combine the best features of…
rse Drug Reactions and Interactions rse Drug Reactions and Interactions
, Text with CD-ROM: Pain Research and Clinical Man , Text with CD-ROM: Pain Research and Clinical Man
It has become common to have income distribution variables playing a pivotal role in economic models. The interest in the relationship between growth and distribution is a good example of…
Anthony B. Atkinson,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Originally published in 1980 by McGraw-Hill –Title page verso.
Avril Alba,Martin Rein
One of the most important changes in industrialised societies is the trend to early retirement. This volume is concerned with early exit from employment, the well-being of the early retired…
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
Surveys the current state of public economics by taking as a case study the proposal for a basic income financed by a flat income tax. The text revises the area…
This book examines what people are paid and how pay differences have changed over time. The author presents new theories that challenge current thinking on the impact of education, technology…
William Vickrey
Nobel prizewinner the late William Vickrey was one of the truly important figures in contemporary economics. This book offers a thoughtful selection from his books and numerous papers spanning 55…
