{"product_id":"inequality-and-prosperity-9780801443510","title":"Inequality and Prosperity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the relative merits of the American and European socioeconomic systems? Long-standing debates have heated up in recent years with the expansion of the European Union and increasingly sharp political and cultural differences between the United...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jonas Pontusson's new book rates with the finest work in comparative political economy. He tackles the old question of the presumed trade-off between equality and economic growth with fresh ideas and a mass of data and compellingly demonstrates that the institutions of northern European social market economies can produce employment and growth without the inequality characteristic of Anglo-American liberal market economies.\"—John Stephens, Gerhard E. Lenski Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina\u003cbr\u003e\"Jonas Pontusson makes a consistent and convincing argument against conventional wisdom that there is always a trade-off between equity and efficiency, showing that liberal market and social market economies face different challenges and must find different solutions to their problems. Most significant, however, he makes a very strong case that social market economies have a great many advantages over liberal market economies.\"—Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405129163095,"sku":"9780801443510","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801443510.jpg?v=1730488801","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inequality-and-prosperity-9780801443510","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}