America Unequal

America Unequal demonstrates how powerful economic forces have diminished the prospects of millions of Americans and why "a rising tide no longer lifts all boats." Changes in the economy, public policies, and family structure have contributed to slow growth in family incomes and rising economic inequality. Poverty remains high because of an erosion of employment opportunities for less-skilled workers, not because of an erosion of the work ethic; because of a failure of government to do more for the poor and the middle class, not because of social programs.

ISBN	0674018109	Pages	232
ISBN13	9780674018105 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Harvard University Press	Weight (grammes)	424
Imprint	Harvard University Press	Published in	Cambridge, Mass
Format	Hardback	Series title	Russell Sage Foundation S.
Publication date	02 Jan 1996	Height (mm)	234
Library of Congress	HC110.I5D3	Width (mm)	164
DEWEY	305.0973	Spine width (mm)	21
DEWEY edition	DC20	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1	The Diminishing American Dream	1
2	Public Policies since the War on Poverty	15
3	Trends in the Level and Distribution of Income	39
4	Demographic Groups with Persisting Disadvantages	67
5	Why Poverty Remains High	93
6	Changes in Labor Markets	111
7	Why Inequality of Earnings Increased	124
8	An Antipoverty Agenda	151
	A Note on the Data	177
	Notes	183
	References	199
	Index	213

The book is of considerable use to American Studies practitioners. It is written for the lay person. It is clear, precise and assumes no prior knowledge of economics...For those of us who seek to understand modern America, the importance of a book like this, written in accessible English and with all terms explained so that we can interpret the data, is in providing a useful anchor or corrective to reliance only on factors rooted in abstracted media images. And, in an age of swinging cutbacks and demoralisation in higher education, the book offers us a look at a society where education really is the key to success.--Stephen Burwood "Borderlines [UK] "

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