In this radio interview, Andrew Sayer first outlines some features of neoliberalism and policies that are associated with it. Then a difference between wealth creation via investment and wealth extraction by means of lending money to those deprived of it or by acquiring property such as real estate or financial assets on the secondary market as absentee owner is established. In this context reference is made to J.A. Hobson's concept of "improperty." Finally, there are some words on the power dynamics associated with capitalism and its relation to climate change. 2015 Level: débutant Why We Can’t Afford the Rich Andrew Sayer The Majority Report with Sam Seder Inequality is an issue we all face every day, from income disparities to gender discrimination. In this first lecture in the Institute for New Economic Think... 2020 Level: débutant Inequality 101 with Branko Milanovic & Arjun Jayadev Branko Milanovic & Arjun Jayadev Institute for New Economic Thinking Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. In From Here to Equality, William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen confront these injustices head-on and make the most comprehensive case to date for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery. 2020 Level: avancé From Here to Equality William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen The University of North Carolina Press In this refreshingly revisionist history, Erik Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment, rather than through free trade. 2007 Level: avancé How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor Erik Reinert PublicAffairs Mainstream economics almost completely ignores the role power plays in determining economic outcomes, which means it can only provide partial explanations of the distribution of wealth and income, and of the problems associated with inequality and poverty. 2016 Level: avancé Power and Neoclassical Economics Ozanne, Adam Palgrave Pivot This volume explores the relationship between law and economics principles and the promotion of social justice. By social justice, we mean a vision of society that embraces more than traditional economic efficiency. Such a vision might include, for example, a reduction of subordination and discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or class. 2009 Level: avancé Law and Economics Dana Gold Emerald Group Publishing Limited Wealth inequality between Black and white people in the US barely has changed in the last 150 years. In her book "The Color of Money. Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap" Mehrsa Baradaran, analyzes why also Black banks have not successfully changed this and not enabled Black wealth on a broader scale. 2017 Level: avancé The Color of Money Mehrsa Baradaran Harvard University Press