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The Vanishing Middle Class Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy / Peter Temin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Temin, Peter, [author].
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality--United States.
- Equality.
- Minorities--United States--Economic conditions.
- Minorities.
- Middle class--United States--Economic conditions.
- Middle class.
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- United States--Economic policy--2009-.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions--2009-.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- This volume analyses the American economy in the twenty-first century as a dual economy in the spirit of W. Arthur Lewis.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A dual economy
- The FTE sector
- The low-wage sector
- Transition
- Race and gender
- The investment theory of politics
- Preferences of the very rich
- Concepts of government
- Mass incarceration
- Public education
- American cities
- Personal debts
- Conclusions and comparisons
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-208) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-33999-4
- 0-262-33998-6
- OCLC:
- 978572706
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