Falling Behind : How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class / / Robert Frank |
Autore | Frank Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/50973 |
Collana | Wildavsky Forum Series |
Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) -- United States
Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States Income distribution -- United States Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
american class system
american middle class american prosperity arms race class consumer behavior costs of inequality debt demographic studies economic data economic inequality economic lives economy expenditure cascades falling behind happiness income inequality income middle class families middle class money and power money power and wealth public policy record levels of debt social expectations sociology spending money spending power wall street wealth inequality wildavsky forum series |
ISBN | 0-520-95743-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the 2013 Edition -- Preface to the 2007 Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality -- 3. Inequality, Happiness, and Health -- 4. Envy or Context? -- 5. The Rising Cost of Adequate -- 6. Why Do We Care about Rank? -- 7. What Types of Consumption Are Most Sensitive to Context? -- 8. How Can Middle-Class Families Afford to Keep Up? -- 9. Smart for One, Dumb for All -- 10. Looking Ahead -- 11. Lessons for Public Policy -- 12. Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779838003321 |
Frank Robert
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Falling Behind : How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class / / Robert Frank |
Autore | Frank Robert |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/50973 |
Collana | Wildavsky Forum Series |
Soggetto topico |
Consumption (Economics) -- United States
Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States Income distribution -- United States Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
american class system
american middle class american prosperity arms race class consumer behavior costs of inequality debt demographic studies economic data economic inequality economic lives economy expenditure cascades falling behind happiness income inequality income middle class families middle class money and power money power and wealth public policy record levels of debt social expectations sociology spending money spending power wall street wealth inequality wildavsky forum series |
ISBN | 0-520-95743-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the 2013 Edition -- Preface to the 2007 Edition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality -- 3. Inequality, Happiness, and Health -- 4. Envy or Context? -- 5. The Rising Cost of Adequate -- 6. Why Do We Care about Rank? -- 7. What Types of Consumption Are Most Sensitive to Context? -- 8. How Can Middle-Class Families Afford to Keep Up? -- 9. Smart for One, Dumb for All -- 10. Looking Ahead -- 11. Lessons for Public Policy -- 12. Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812721003321 |
Frank Robert
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013] | ||
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The Fifth Beginning : What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future / / Robert L. Kelly |
Autore | Kelly Robert L. <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (149 pages) : map |
Disciplina | 909 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization
Culture Social history |
Soggetto non controllato |
activist
agriculture ancient world archaeologist archaeology arms race capitalism citizenship communication cultural history culture evidence fifth beginning global globalization government history of culture history human development human history international life changing long term modern world nation states politics potential society technology wartime |
ISBN |
9780520966369
0520966368 9780520293120 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The End of the World as We Know It -- 2. How Archaeologists Think -- 3. Sticks and Stones: The Beginning of Technology -- 4. Beads and Stories: The Beginning of Culture -- 5. Bread and Beer: The Beginning of Agriculture -- 6. Kings and Chains: The Beginning of the State -- 7. Nothing Lasts Forever: The Fifth Beginning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798729703321 |
Kelly Robert L. <1957->
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
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The Fifth Beginning : What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us about Our Future / / Robert L. Kelly |
Autore | Kelly Robert L. <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (149 pages) : map |
Disciplina | 909 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization
Culture Social history |
Soggetto non controllato |
activist
agriculture ancient world archaeologist archaeology arms race capitalism citizenship communication cultural history culture evidence fifth beginning global globalization government history of culture history human development human history international life changing long term modern world nation states politics potential society technology wartime |
ISBN |
9780520966369
0520966368 9780520293120 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The End of the World as We Know It -- 2. How Archaeologists Think -- 3. Sticks and Stones: The Beginning of Technology -- 4. Beads and Stories: The Beginning of Culture -- 5. Bread and Beer: The Beginning of Agriculture -- 6. Kings and Chains: The Beginning of the State -- 7. Nothing Lasts Forever: The Fifth Beginning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827336403321 |
Kelly Robert L. <1957->
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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