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

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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Other Authors: Dadush, Uri B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Income distribution > United States.
Poor > United States.
Wealth > United States.
Equality > United States.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Social conditions.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780815724223
0815724225
9781280995743
1280995742
9786613767356
6613767352
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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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