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The upside of inequality : how good intentions undermine the middle class / Edward Conard.
Lippincott Library HC106.84 .C657 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conard, Edward, [author].
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class--United States--Economic conditions.
- Middle class.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Economic conditions.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--2009-.
- United States--Economic policy--2009-.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The scourge of America's economy isn't the success of the 1 percent--quite the opposite. The real problem is the government's well-meaning but misguided attempt to reduce the payoffs for success,"--Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Part I. The world as we find it
- The causes of growing inequality
- The reasons for slowing wage growth
- Part II. Debunking myths: why mitigating inequality is not the solution
- The myth that incentives don't matter
- The myth that success is largely unearned
- The myth that investment opportunities are in short supply
- The myth that progress hollows out the middle class
- The myth that mobility has declined
- Part III. The way forward
- Our moral obligation to help those less fortunate
- The limitations of education
- Real solutions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-3040) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781595231239
- 1595231234
- OCLC:
- 957414409
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