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Rent‐Based Exploitation: Top, Bottom and Horizontal
Author(s) -
Izyumov Alexei,
Vahaly John
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
kyklos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-6435
pISSN - 0023-5962
DOI - 10.1111/kykl.12036
Subject(s) - economic rent , economics , representation (politics) , population , economic analysis , microeconomics , labour economics , classical economics , sociology , political science , demography , politics , law
Summary In this essay we argue that current emphasis on economic rents captured by the wealthy produces an incomplete representation of exploitative incomes and propose to expand the analysis by including in it economic rents accruing to segments of the poor and the working population.