Economic inequality : the American dream under siege / Coral Celeste Frazer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frazer, Coral Celeste, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income distribution--United States--Juvenile literature.

Income distribution.

United States--Economic conditions--Juvenile literature.

United States.

United States--Economic policy--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2018]

Summary:

Millions of Americans don't earn enough money to pay for decent housing, food, health care, and education. Increasingly, families and young people aren't doing better than their parents and grandparents before them. In fact, they're doing worse. And women and minorities earn less than white men. The American Dream is harder to achieve than ever before. Meanwhile, the rich keep getting richer. Many Americans are angry about economic inequality, and many are working on solutions. Readers will learn how state and local governments, businesses, and ordinary citizens--including young people--are fighting to close the gap between rich and poor, to preserve the promises of American democracy, and to give everyone a fair shot at the American Dream.

Contents:

The rise and fall and rise of American inequality

How unequal are we?

The cost of inequality

Inequality of opportunity

Money is power

What can be done?

Source notes

Glossary

Selected bibliography

Further information

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5415-2190-0

1-5124-9886-6