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"Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvanta...

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Main Author: Haskins, Ron
Other Authors: Sawhill, Isabel V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Social mobility.
Social classes > Economic aspects.
Economic policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Classes sociales > Aspect economique > États-Unis.
Mobilite sociale > États-Unis.
Social classes > Economic aspects > United States.
Social mobility > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique sociale > 21e siecle.
États-Unis > Politique economique > 21e siecle.
United States > Social policy > 21st century.
United States > Economic policy > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (347 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780815703938

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