The politics of inequality : a political history of the idea of economic inequality in America /
Michael J. Thompson.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- 249 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-236) and index.
The critique of economic inequality in Western political thought : the continuity of an idea -- The liberal republic and the emergence of capitalism : the political theories of optimism and radicalism -- The transformation of American capitalism : from class antagonism to reconciliation -- Embracing inequality : the reorientation of American democracy.