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Sheldon H. Danziger, Peter T. Gottschalk
ISBN: 9780674018105
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
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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…
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 |
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| 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] "  Be the first to write a customer review
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