| Description |
vi, 328 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Note |
"Published in collaboration with Demos." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-321). |
| Contents |
Fight of our lives / Bill Moyers -- What's the problem? / James Lardner -- What the numbers tell us / Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller -- Earth to Wal-Mars / Barbara Ehrenreich -- Return of "separate but equal" / Richard D. Kahlenberg -- Snowball and the treadmill / Miezhu Lui -- Shredding the retirement contract / David A. Smith and Heather McGhee -- Growing college gap / Tamara Draut -- Cold truths about class, race, and health / David R. Williams and James Lardner -- Of the few, by the few, for the few / Charles Lewis -- Why do so many jobs pay so badly? / Christopher Jencks -- How the middle class is injured by gains at the top / Robert H. Frank -- Vanishing commons / Jonathan Rowe -- Great tax shift / David Cay Johnston -- America disconnected / Theda Skocpol -- Corporations unbound / Joel Bakan -- Self-perpetuating trend? / Eric Wanner -- Who is the elite? / Betsy Leondar-Wright -- Don't drink the kool-aid / Robert Kuttner -- Legitimization of inequality / Robert M. Franklin -- Building a moral economy / William Greider -- Prophetic politics / Jim Wallis -- Democracy first / Miles S. Rapoport and David A. Smith. |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
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| Added Author |
Lardner, James.
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Smith, David A. (David Alden), 1956-
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Demos (Organization : U.S.)
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| ISBN |
1565849957 |
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9781565849952 |
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9781595581754 (pbk.) |
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1595581758 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 28348747X |
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IG# 1565849957 |
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YDXCP 2169162 |
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NZ1 9981494 |
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