Book contents
- Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Reviews
- Globalization and Human Rights
- Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Part II Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities
- 6 A Framework for Fiscal Justice: How Human Rights Can Change Public Finance
- 7 Global Tax Justice and Human Rights
- 8 Growing Inequality and Risks to Social Rights in Our New Data Economy
- 9 Caste, Economic Inequality, and Climate Justice in India
- Part III Socioeconomic Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Index
- References
6 - A Framework for Fiscal Justice: How Human Rights Can Change Public Finance
from Part II - Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2021
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Book contents
- Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Reviews
- Globalization and Human Rights
- Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Part II Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequalities
- 6 A Framework for Fiscal Justice: How Human Rights Can Change Public Finance
- 7 Global Tax Justice and Human Rights
- 8 Growing Inequality and Risks to Social Rights in Our New Data Economy
- 9 Caste, Economic Inequality, and Climate Justice in India
- Part III Socioeconomic Rights and Economic Inequalities
- Index
- References
Summary
The neoliberal public finance paradigm, which dominates fiscal regimes in the United States and around the world, has been widely criticized for its inequitable distributional impacts. Over the past few decades, the fiscal policies and processes promoted by this framework have facilitated wealth concentration and entrenched economic inequity. In the human rights community, the negative effects of neoliberal public finance are recognized as serious challenges to achieving equal access to human rights for everyone.
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