The State of Working America, 12th Edition /

Examines the distribution of income and wealth in the U.S. and how the economy affects the living standards of the American people.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mishel, Lawrence R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2012.
Edition:12th ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Förenta staterna > sociala förhållanden.
Working class > Economic conditions.
Economic history.
Cost and standard of living.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Coût et niveau de la vie > États-Unis > Statistiques.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Conditions economiques > Statistiques.
Cost and standard of living > United States > Statistics.
Working class > United States > Economic conditions > Statistics.
United States.
United States > Economic conditions > Statistics.
Statistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Overview : policy-driven inequality blocks living-standards growth for low- and middle-income Americans
  • Income : already a "lost decade"
  • Mobility : not offsetting growing inequality
  • Wages : the top, and very top, outpace the rest
  • Jobs : a function of demand
  • Wealth : unrelenting disparities
  • Poverty : the great recession adds injury to insult
  • Appendix A : CPS income measurement
  • Appendix B : wage measurement.

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