Contributions

  • Alstott, Anne, 1963- - Contributor

Publication

1999 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number98031559
  • LibraryThing1046402
  • Goodreads4861470

Classifications

  • DDC658.4/08
  • LCCHB523 .A27 1999

Description

"What would happen, ask Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott, if America were to make good on its promise of equal opportunity by granting every qualifying young adult a citizen's stake of eighty thousand dollars? Ackerman and Alstott argue that every U.S. citizen has the right to share in the wealth accumulated by preceding generations. The distribution of wealth is currently so skewed that the stakeholding fund could be financed by an annual tax of 2 percent on the property owned by the richest 40 percent of Americans." "Ackerman and Alstott analyze their initiative from moral, political, economic, legal, and human perspectives. By summoning the political will to initiate stakeholding, they argue, we can achieve a society that is more democratic, productive, and free."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The stakeholder societyYale University Press1999-01-01

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