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This book investigates the causes of inequalities that have developed in the European Union, analyzes their social and economic consequences, and assesses the political measures taken to address these issues – also on the basis of public survey results. The detailed analyses presented focus on structures of inequality to be found in the areas education, culture, labor market, Internet access, families and children, gender, and the regions of the EU. The book also critically examines both the legal framework conditions and financial / taxation policy as instruments that can be used to either produce or combat inequality.

Economics. --- Welfare economics. --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Political economy. --- Public finance. --- Public Economics. --- Political Economy. --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Social policy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- International Political Economy. --- Cameralistics --- Public finance --- Currency question --- Public finances

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Tax "justice" has become an increasingly central issue of political debate in many countries, particularly following the cardiac arrest of global financial services in 2008 and the subsequent worldwide slump in trade and production. The evident abuse of tax systems by corporations and rich individuals through tax avoidance schemes and offshore shadow banking is increasingly in the public eye. Above all, the political challenges of recovery and structural reform have raised core issues of burden-sharing and social equity on the agendas of both civil society groups and political elites. Democra

Distributive justice. --- Fiscal policy. --- International trade. --- Social justice. --- Tax incidence. --- Taxation. --- Duties --- Fee system (Taxation) --- Tax policy --- Tax reform --- Taxation, Incidence of --- Taxes --- Finance, Public --- Revenue --- Incidence of taxation --- Tax burden --- Tax equity --- Taxation --- Tax shifting --- Equality --- Justice --- External trade --- Foreign commerce --- Foreign trade --- Global commerce --- Global trade --- Trade, International --- World trade --- Commerce --- International economic relations --- Non-traded goods --- Economic policy --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Social justice --- Wealth --- Government policy --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Tax incidence --- Fiscal policy --- Distributive justice --- International trade