Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-248) and index.
Contents
Paradise lost -- Going up -- Usual suspects -- Teeming shores -- Kudoka and Joe College -- Offshore -- Unequal government -- The fall of Detroit -- Rise of the stinking rich -- Why it matters and what to do.
Summary
The income gap in America has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration, but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan exploration. Noah explains not only how this "Great Divergence" has come about, but why it threatens American democracy--and most important, how we can begin to reverse it.
