Inequality in America : facts, trends, and international perspective /

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Income inequality has been on the rise since the late 1970s, but the economic and financial crisis of 2008 instigated an unemployment epidemic that dramatically compounded this problem in the United States and catapulted the issue to the center of debate. There is wide agreement across the political...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Dadush, Uri B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Income distribution > United States.
Poor > United States.
Wealth > United States.
Equality > United States.
Revenu > Répartition > États-Unis.
Richesse > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
Economic history
Equality
Income distribution
Poor
Social conditions
Wealth
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the challenge of inequality
  • The increase in inequality in the United States
  • Three other worrying trends associated with rising inequality
  • The causes of rising inequality
  • Policy, politics, and inequality
  • What can be done?
  • Conclusion: narrowing the gap.

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