LEADER 04473nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910452779803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6622-9 010 $a1-322-50438-5 010 $a0-8014-6623-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801466236 035 $a(CKB)2550000001038630 035 $a(OCoLC)828743685 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10652995 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820448 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11517689 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820448 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10863418 035 $a(PQKB)10187584 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138430 035 $a(OCoLC)966913604 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51959 035 $a(DE-B1597)478716 035 $a(OCoLC)979954137 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801466236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138430 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10652995 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681720 035 $a(OCoLC)922998367 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001038630 100 $a20121025d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe state of working America$b[electronic resource] /$fLawrence Mishel ... [et al.] 205 $a12th ed. 210 $aIthaca $cILR Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (520 p.) 225 0 $aEconomic Policy Institute 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-5170-1 311 $a0-8014-7855-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of contents -- $tDocumentation and methodology -- $tChapter 1. Overview: Policy-driven inequality blocks living-standards growth for low- and middle-income Americans. -- $tChapter 2. Income: Already a 'lost decade' -- $tChapter 3. Mobility: Not offsetting growing inequality -- $tChapter 4. Wages: The top, and very top, outpace the rest -- $tChapter 5. Jobs: A function of demand -- $tChapter 6. Wealth: Unrelenting disparities -- $tChapter 7. Poverty: The Great Recession adds injury to insult -- $tAppendix A: CPS income measurement -- $tAppendix B : Wage measurement -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout EPI -- $tAbout the authors 330 $aSince 1988, The State of Working America has provided a comprehensive answer to a question newly in vogue in this age of Occupy Wall Street: To what extent has overall economic growth translated into rising living standards for the vast majority of American workers and their families? In the 12th edition, Lawrence Mishel, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, and Heidi Shierholz analyze a trove of data on income, jobs, mobility, poverty, wages, and wealth to demonstrate that rising economic inequality over the past three decades has decoupled overall economic growth from growth in the living standards of the vast majority.The new edition of The State of Working America also expands on this analysis of American living standards, most notably by placing the Great Recession in historical context. The severe economic downturn that began in December 2007 came on the heels of a historically weak recovery following the 2001 recession, a recovery that saw many measures of living standards stagnate. The authors view the past decade as "lost" in terms of living standards growth, and warn that millions of American households face another decade of lost opportunity.Especially troubling, the authors stress, is that while overall economic performance in the decades before the Great Recession was more than sufficient to broadly raise living standards, broad-based growth was blocked by rising inequality driven largely by policy choices. A determinedly data-driven narrative, The State of Working America remains the most comprehensive resource about the economic experience of working Americans. 606 $aWorking class$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions$vStatistics 606 $aCost and standard of living$zUnited States$vStatistics 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$vStatistics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorking class$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aCost and standard of living 676 $a331.10973/021 700 $aMishel$b Lawrence R$0143824 702 $aBivens$b Josh, 702 $aGould$b Elise, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452779803321 996 $aThe state of working America$92450859 997 $aUNINA