Plutocracy in America : How Increasing Inequality Destroys the Middle Class and Exploits the Poor /

"The growing gap between the most affluent Americans and the rest of society is changing the country into one defined--more than almost any other developed nation--by exceptional inequality of income, wealth, and opportunity. This book reveals that an infrastructure of inequality, both open and...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Soziale Ungleichheit
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
Einkommensverteilung
Social conditions.
Poverty.
Income distribution.
Equality.
Economic history.
Democracy.
Revenu > Repartition > États-Unis.
Pauvrete > États-Unis.
Democracy > United States.
Income distribution > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Equality > United States.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions economiques > 2009-
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States > Economic conditions > 2009-
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The web of inequality
  • The myth of opportunity
  • The shrinking middle class
  • Keeping the rich (filthy) rich and the poor (dirt) poor
  • Inequality, life, and quality of life
  • Political inequality
  • The fracturing of America
  • Conclusion : considering the undeserving, poor, and rich.

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