Falling behind how rising inequality harms the middle class /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2013.
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| Series: | Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ;
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality
- Inequality, happiness, and health
- Envy or context?
- The rising cost of adequate
- Why do we care about rank?
- What types of consumption are most sensitive to context?
- How can middle-class families afford to keep up?
- Smart for one, dumb for all
- Looking ahead
- Lessons for public policy
- Reflections.