LEADER 03367nam 22005655 450 001 9910453092803321 005 20210106222133.0 010 $a0-520-95743-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520957435 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108974 035 $a(EBL)1337906 035 $a(OCoLC)855505496 035 $a(DE-B1597)520756 035 $a(OCoLC)859156244 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520957435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1337906 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108974 100 $a20200424h20132013 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFalling Behind $eHow Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class /$fRobert Frank 210 1$aBerkeley, CA : $cUniversity of California Press, $d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (177 p.) 225 0 $aWildavsky Forum Series ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28052-0 311 $a1-299-77810-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface to the 2013 Edition -- $tPreface to the 2007 Edition -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. Recent Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality -- $t3. Inequality, Happiness, and Health -- $t4. Envy or Context? -- $t5. The Rising Cost of Adequate -- $t6. Why Do We Care about Rank? -- $t7. What Types of Consumption Are Most Sensitive to Context? -- $t8. How Can Middle-Class Families Afford to Keep Up? -- $t9. Smart for One, Dumb for All -- $t10. Looking Ahead -- $t11. Lessons for Public Policy -- $t12. Reflections -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aWith a timely new foreword by Robert Frank, this groundbreaking book explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today. Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry record levels of debt. Robert Frank explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class. Writing in lively prose for a general audience, Frank employs up-to-date economic data and examples drawn from everyday life to shed light on reigning models of consumer behavior. He also suggests reforms that could mitigate the costs of inequality. Falling Behind compels us to rethink how and why we live our economic lives the way we do. 606 $aConsumption (Economics) -- United States 606 $aEquality -- Economic aspects -- United States 606 $aIncome distribution -- United States 606 $aMiddle class -- United States -- Economic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aConsumption (Economics) -- United States. 615 4$aEquality -- Economic aspects -- United States. 615 4$aIncome distribution -- United States. 615 4$aMiddle class -- United States -- Economic conditions. 676 $a305.5/50973 700 $aFrank$b Robert, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0323832 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453092803321 996 $aFalling Behind$92476405 997 $aUNINA