The Asset Economy

The Asset Economy
Martijn Konings, Melinda Cooper, Lisa Adkins
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h214 x 138mm - 176pg
11 Sep 2020 UK
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9781509543465
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Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion' s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out of reach. What exactly are the economic shifts that have driven the social transformations taking place in Anglo-capitalist societies? In this timely book, Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings argue that the rise of the asset economy has produced a new logic of inequality. Several decades of property inflation have seen asset ownership overshadow employment as a determinant of class position. Exploring the impact of generational dynamics in this new class landscape, the book advances an original perspective on a range of phenomena that are widely debated but poorly understood - including the growth of wealth inequalities and precarity, the dynamics of urban property inflation, changes in fiscal and monetary policy and the predicament of the "millennial" generation. Despite widespread awareness of the harmful effects of Quantitative Easing and similar asset-supporting measures, we appear to have entered an era of policy "lock-in" that is responsible for a growing disconnect between popular expectations and institutional priorities. The resulting polarization underlies many of the volatile dynamics and rapidly shifting alliances that dominate today' s headlines.
"This book enhances our understanding of organized political violence in the Middle East. Drawing on a wide range of literatures alongside a comparison of case studies, it highlights the factors driving war and conflict in the region. It is a crucial resource for students interested in these topics. "Brent E. Sasley, University of Texas at Arlington"Ahram knits together the factors that have trapped the Middle East in violence, capturing the complexities of the region in a straightforward and accessible way. War and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa is an excellent guide to the region today. "Daniel Byman, Georgetown University"Ariel Ahram has cleared the conceptual underbrush and introduced a number of important arguments about conflict in the Middle East. My students will be reading this book. If you want a clear-headed primer on the region' s many wars, you should read it, too. "F. Gregory Gause, III, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Lisa Adkins is Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney. Melinda Cooper is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney. Martijn Konings is Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory at the University of Sydney.
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ISBN-13: 9781509543465
Published: 11 Sep 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 214mm
Width: 138mm
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 178g
Pages: 176

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