Falling Behind : : how Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class
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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.
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The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy
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PUBLISHED
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: xiv, 148 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780520251885 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520251881 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520252523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520252527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SUBJECTS
Middle class -- Economic conditions.
Income distribution.
Consumption (Economics)
Equality -- Economic aspects.