LEADER 04470nam 2200601 450 001 9910812153703321 005 20230126211958.0 010 $a1-59558-944-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000119417 035 $a(EBL)1340964 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001224237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12414503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001224237 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11261601 035 $a(PQKB)10003701 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1340964 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11067199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL668861 035 $a(OCoLC)873818956 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1340964 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000119417 100 $a20131115d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDivided $ethe perils of our growing inequality /$fedited by David Cay Johnston 210 1$aNew York :$cThe New Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (427 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-37579-8 311 $a1-59558-923-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Insights on Inequality; OVERVIEW; Inequality and Democracy; The Vanishing Middle Class; Necessaries; INCOME INEQUALITY; How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class; Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery; Wage Theft; Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip; Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?; In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives; Household Wealth Inequality; Inequality Across Generations; "I Didn't Do It Alone"; Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash; Graduates v. Oligarchs; EDUCATION; No Rich Child Left Behind; Achievement Gap; Back to School 327 $aEducational Quality and EqualityHEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked; Unequal Quality of Care; Reducing Health Care Disparities; Universal Health Care; U.S. Health Care Costs the Most-by Far; Inequality Kills; DEBT AND POVERTY; Jailed for Being in Debt; America's Poverty "Tax"; Hunger in America; Georgia's Hunger Games; Living Down to Expectations; POLICY; How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich; Don't Drink the Kool-Aid; Social Security Reduces Inequality-Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly; Arguments For and Against Income Inequality; Inequality of Hazard 327 $aA Different Kind of EpidemicPrison's Dilemma; FAMILY; Men and Their Underpaid Women; Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty; Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living; Contributors; Additional Reading; Permissions 330 $a"The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super-rich. The Occupy movement made the plight of the 99 percent an indelible part of the public consciousness, and concerns about inequality were a decisive factor in the 2012 presidential elections. How bad is it? According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, most Americans, in inflation-adjusted terms, are now back to the average income of 1966. Shockingly, from 2009 to 2011, the top 1 percent got 121 percent of the income gains while the bottom 99 percent saw their income fall. Yet in this most unequal of developed nations, every aspect of inequality remains hotly contested and poorly understood. Divided collects the writings of leading scholars, activists, and journalists to provide an illuminating, multifaceted look at inequality in America, exploring its devastating implications in areas as diverse as education, justice, health care, social mobility, and political representation. Provocative and eminently readable, here is an essential resource for anyone who cares about the future of America--and compelling evidence that inequality can be ignored only at the nation's peril. "--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEquality$zUnited States 606 $aIncome distribution$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y21st century 615 0$aEquality 615 0$aIncome distribution 676 $a305 686 $aPOL024000$aPOL029000$aPOL019000$aSOC045000$2bisacsh 702 $aJohnston$b David$f1948- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812153703321 996 $aDivided$93951436 997 $aUNINA