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000326831 1001_ $$aGilbert, Geoffrey,$$d1948-
000326831 24510 $$aRich and poor in America :$$ba reference handbook /$$cGeoffrey Gilbert.
000326831 260__ $$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$$bABC-CLIO,$$cc2008.
000326831 300__ $$axv, 275 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000326831 440_0 $$aContemporary world issues
000326831 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000326831 50500 $$tPreface --$$g1.$$tBackground and history --$$gA$$twidening gap --$$tMeasuring income inequality --$$tWealth inequality --$$tLong-term trends --$$tRowboats, yachts, and rising tides --$$tRace, ethnicity, and economic inequality --$$tIncome inequality and health --$$tIncome inequality and education --$$gA$$tshrinking middle class ? --$$tFrom rich to poor and poor to rich : mobility --$$tRich and poor : the political dimension --$$g2.$$tProblems, controversies, and solutions --$$gThe$$twage structure and human capital --$$tLabor skills, labor demand, and technological change --$$tInternational competition --$$tImmigration --$$tUnions and the wage distribution --$$gThe$$tMinimum Wage and inequality --$$tWinner take all? --$$tfamily structure and income distribution --$$tPolitical perspectives on income inequality --$$tEducation as an income equalizer --$$gThe$$teffectiveness of early interventions --$$tU.S. schools and inequality --$$tWays to improve low-SES student performance --$$tCollege : ticket to the middle class --$$tWorking on the labor market --$$gThe$$tliving wage as a boost to low wages --$$tStronger unions as a means to lift low wages --$$tEarned Income Tax Credit --$$tLimits on CEO pay --$$tImmigrant labor supplies --$$tTaxes and transfer payments --$$tWealth and estate taxes --$$tAsset-building policies --$$tSummary --
000326831 50500 $$g3.$$tWorldwide perspective--$$gA$$tworld of contrasts --$$tNational rates of income inequality --$$tIncome inequality in Latin America and Africa --$$tPoverty in the rich countries --$$tNational trends in income inequality --$$tIncome by country : divergence or convergence? --$$gA$$tnew concept of global inequality --$$tLess inequality, less poverty? --$$tEconomic mobility : the United States in global perspective --$$tTop U.S. incomes in worldwide perspective --$$tCEO pay and income inequality --$$tWealth taxes : a (so far) non-American response to wealth inequality --$$gA$$tcaution on wealth taxes --$$g4.$$tChronology --$$g5.$$tBiographical sketches --$$tHoratio Alger Jr. --$$tAnne L. Alstott --$$tWarren E. Buffett --$$tJohn Bates Clark --$$tChuck Collins --$$tMarian Wright Edelman --$$tJohn Edwards --$$tBarbara Ehrenreich --$$tVictor R. Fuchs --$$tWilliam H. Gates III --$$tCorrado Gini --$$tHetty Green --$$tDelores Huerta --$$tJonathan Kozol --$$tSimon Kuznets --$$tBhashkar Mazumder --$$tSara S. McLanahan --$$tMollie Orshansky --$$tJohn D. Rockefeller --$$tPaul G. Schervish --$$tThomas M. Shapiro --$$tMichael Sherraden --$$tRonald J. Sider --$$tTimothy M. Smeeding --$$tSamuel Walton --$$tRichard Wilkinson --$$tEdward N. Wolff --
000326831 50500 $$g6.$$tData and documents --$$tInequality and the American public : the Maxwell School Survey --$$tPerceptions of inequality trends --$$tConcerns about inequality --$$tCalifornia Kids Investment and Development Savings (KIDS) accounts --$$tBen Bernanke on U.S. income inequality --$$tpay without performance : the great CEO guarantee --$$tAre CEOs overpaid? --$$gThe$$tEstate Tax 'recycles' opportunity --$$tBeing profitable is giving back --$$tAndrew Carnegie on what to do with a fortune --$$tGiving back, big time : the Carnegie-Buffett connection --$$tBeing poor --$$g7.$$tDirectory of organizations --$$g8.$$tSelected print and nonprint resources --$$tPrint resources --$$tArticles --$$tBooks --$$tNonprint resources --$$tWeb sites --$$tVideo --$$tContact information for video distributors and vendors --$$tGlossary --$$tIndex --$$tAbout the author.
000326831 650_0 $$aIncome distribution$$zUnited States.
000326831 650_0 $$aEquality$$zUnited States.
000326831 650_0 $$aWealth$$zUnited States.
000326831 650_0 $$aPoverty$$zUnited States.
000326831 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xEconomic policy.
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