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Creating an opportunity society / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haskins, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social mobility--United States.
- Social mobility.
- Social classes--Economic aspects--United States.
- Social classes.
- United States--Economic policy--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Our Vision; Public Values and Attitudes; The Changing Fortunes of the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class; Opportunity in the United States; Why Family Background Matters; Perspectives on Poverty; Middle-Class Complaints; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Supporting and Encouraging Work; Strengthening Families; Paying the Bills; Appendix A: Grants, Loans, and Tax Provisions for Postsecondary Students; Appendix B: The Bush Marriage Initiative; Notes; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612403620
- 9780815703938
- 0815703937
- 9781282403628
- 1282403621
- OCLC:
- 489250588
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