3 options
Inequality in America : facts, trends, and international perspective / Uri Dadush ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- Poor--United States.
- Poor.
- Wealth--United States.
- Wealth.
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A bedrock American principle is the idea that all individuals should have the opportunity to succeed on the basis of their own effort, skill, and ingenuity.-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Income inequality has been on the rise since the late 1970's, 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 spectrum that high inequality is contributing to undesirable circumstances such as stagnant household income...
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613767356
- 9781280995743
- 1280995742
- 9780815724223
- 0815724225
- OCLC:
- 801411240
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.