Rich and Poor in America

, by Gilbert, Geoffrey

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ISBN: 9781598840568 | 1598840568
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/26/2008

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This work provides a thorough overview and analysis of the increasing gap between the Americans at the top and bottom of the economic scale.

Preface	p. xiii
Background and History	p. 1
A Widening Gap	p. 3
Measuring Income Inequality	p. 5
Wealth Inequality	p. 7
Long-Term Trends	p. 9
Rowboats, Yachts, and Rising Tides	p. 11
Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Inequality	p. 13
Income Inequality and Health	p. 16
Income Inequality and Education	p. 18
A Shrinking Middle Class?	p. 21
From Rich to Poor and Poor to Rich: Mobility	p. 23
Rich and Poor: The Political Dimension	p. 25
Problems, Controversies, and Solutions	p. 31
The Wage Structure and Human Capital	p. 32
Labor Skills, Labor Demand, and Technological Change	p. 33
International Competition	p. 35
Immigration	p. 37
Unions and the Wage Distribution	p. 39
The Minimum Wage and Inequality	p. 41
Winner Take All?	p. 42
Family Structure and Income Distribution	p. 44
Political Perspectives on Income Inequality	p. 46
Education as an Income Equalizer	p. 47
The Effectiveness of Early Interventions	p. 48
U.S. Schools and Inequality	p. 51
Ways to Improve Low-SES Student Performance	p. 53
College: Ticket to the Middle Class	p. 55
Working on the Labor Market	p. 57
The Living Wage as a Boost to Low Wages	p. 58
Stronger Unions as a Means to Lift Low Wages	p. 59
Earned Income Tax Credit	p. 60
Limits on CEO Pay	p. 62
Immigrant Labor Supplies	p. 63
Taxes and Transfer Payments	p. 65
Wealth and Estate Taxes	p. 68
Asset-Building Policies	p. 70
Summary	p. 72
Worldwide Perspective	p. 79
A World of Contrasts	p. 79
National Rates of Income Inequality	p. 81
Income Inequality in Latin America and Africa	p. 83
Poverty in the Rich Countries	p. 85
National Trends in Income Inequality	p. 87
Income by Country: Divergence or Convergence?	p. 90
A New Concept of Global Inequality	p. 92
Less Inequality, Less Poverty?	p. 94
Economic Mobility: The United States in Global Perspective	p. 96
Top U.S. Incomes in Worldwide Perspective	p. 98
CEO Pay and Income Inequality	p. 99
Wealth Taxes: A (So Far) Non-American Response to Wealth Inequality	p. 101
A Caution on Wealth Taxes	p. 103
Chronology	p. 107
Biographical Sketches	p. 127
Horatio Alger Jr.	p. 127
Anne L. Alstott	p. 128
Warren E. Buffett	p. 129
John Bates Clark	p. 130
Chuck Collins	p. 131
Marian Wright Edelman	p. 132
John Edwards	p. 133
Barbara Ehrenreich	p. 134
Victor R. Fuchs	p. 135
William H. Gates III	p. 136
Corrado Gini	p. 137
Hetty Green	p. 138
Dolores Huerta	p. 139
Jonathan Kozol	p. 140
Simon Kuznets	p. 141
Bhashkar Mazumder	p. 142
Sara S. McLanahan	p. 143
Mollie Orshansky	p. 144
John D. Rockefeller	p. 145
Paul G. Schervish	p. 146
Thomas M. Shapiro	p. 147
Michael Sherraden	p. 148
Ronald J. Sider	p. 149
Timothy M. Smeeding	p. 150
Samuel Walton	p. 151
Richard Wilkinson	p. 151
Edward N. Wolff	p. 152
Data and Documents	p. 155
Inequality and the American Public: The Maxwell School Survey	p. 171
Perceptions of Inequality Trends	p. 171
Concerns about Inequality	p. 173
California Kids Investment and Development Savings (KIDS) Accounts	p. 175
Ben Bernanke on U.S. Income Inequality	p. 179
Pay without Performance: The Great CEO Guarantee	p. 182
Are CEOs Overpaid?	p. 184
The Estate Tax 'Recycles' Opportunity	p. 187
Being Profitable Is Giving Back	p. 190
Andrew Carnegie on What to Do with a Fortune [1889]	p. 192
Giving Back, Big Time: The Carnegie-Buffett Connection	p. 194
Being Poor	p. 197
Directory of Organizations	p. 201
Selected Print and Nonprint Resources	p. 227
Print Resources	p. 227
Articles	p. 227
Books	p. 230
Nonprint Resources	p. 247
Web Sites	p. 247
Videos	p. 251
Contact Information for Video Distributors and Vendors	p. 256
Glossary	p. 259
Index	p. 263
About the Author	p. 275
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