Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back

Unjust Deserts poses an entirely original challenge to the lopsided distribution of wealth and income in today's troubled economy. Acclaimed authors Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly demonstrate that up to 90 percent-and perhaps even more-of private earnings derive not from individual ingenuity, effort, or investment, but from what they describe as the unjust appropriation of our collective inheritance: namely, the scientific and technological knowledge that makes to day's economy tick.

Drawing on a lively and fascinating synthesis of cutting-edge research, Unjust Deserts is a powerful and persuasive new political case for the redistribution of wealth that gives us a bold new vision for economic equality in profoundly unequal times.