| Edition |
12th ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 505 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-487) and index. |
| Contents |
Overview: policy-driven inequality blocks living-standards growth for low- and middle-income Americans -- Income: already a 'lost decade' -- Mobility: Not offsetting growing inequality -- Wages: the top, and very top, outpace the rest -- Jobs: a function of demand -- Wealth: unrelenting disparities -- Poverty: the great recession adds injury to insult -- Appendix A: CPS income measurement -- Appendix B: wage measurement. |
| Summary |
Examines the distribution of income and wealth in the U.S. and how the economy affects the living standards of the American people. |
| Subject |
Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Statistics.
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Working class. |
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United States. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Subject |
Cost and standard of living -- United States -- Statistics.
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Cost and standard of living. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- Statistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Added Author |
Mishel, Lawrence R.
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| ISBN |
9780801451706 alkaline paper |
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0801451701 alkaline paper |
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9780801478550 paperback alkaline paper |
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0801478553 paperback alkaline paper |
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