Falling behind : how rising inequality harms the middle class /

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With a timely new foreword by Robert Frank, this groundbreaking book explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today. Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frank, Robert H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Colección:Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 4.
Temas:
Middle class > United States > Economic conditions.
Income distribution > United States.
Consumption (Economics) > United States.
Equality > Economic aspects > United States.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
Consumption (Economics)
Equality > Economic aspects.
Income distribution.
Middle class > Economic conditions.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Recent changes in income and wealth inequality
  • Inequality, happiness, and health
  • Envy or context?
  • The rising cost of adequate
  • Why do we care about rank?
  • What types of consumption are most sensitive to context?
  • How can middle-class families afford to keep up?
  • Smart for one, dumb for all
  • Looking ahead
  • Lessons for public policy
  • Reflections.

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