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This course is an advanced study on the politics of income and wealth inequality. We ask what economic inequalities are justified in a democracy? We empirically assess the increased concentration of capital ownership and wealth within the capitalist democracies of the world. We ask whether the increased concentration of wealth and capital ownership is a problem for democracy? Does it lead to concentrated economic power that undermines market competition? Does it lead to unequal democracy? If so, through what mechanisms? We empirically assess whether voters care about economic inequalities; analyse the growing importance of housing unaffordability; study how the rich influence government; and analyse the role of law in creating the structures of multinational profit-shifting and corporate tax avoidance. We conclude with a discussion on whether pro-market, pro-democratic reforms require a strong state that challenges concentrated corporate power.
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