Income Inequality in America - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover)

This book provides a one-stop resource for understanding the full dimensions of income inequality in the United States, including chief socioeconomic drivers of inequality and proposals to reduce the widening gap between rich and poor in America. Carefully researched and scrupulously nonpartisan, this resource examines the history and current state of income inequality in the United States, with a particular focus on key issues, events, and political/economic philosophies relevant to the enduring divide between rich and poor in America. One of the most valuable aspects of the book is that it surveys the complex history of income inequality in an easy-to-understand fashion that helps readers identify and assess the ways in which income inequality shapes many aspects of modern American society. The book is even-handed in its treatment of the academic and policy debates over the causes, consequences, and appropriate response to today's growing inequality. In addition, this resource provides insights into the financial underpinnings of debt and wealth and capitalism and how all of those factors perpetuate themselves. It also examines problems and challenges related to child care, education, transportation, housing, and saving for retirement that hamper so many poor people in their efforts to lift their households out of poverty. Carefully documents historical events and contemporary issues and trends concerning income inequality Discusses perspectives on income inequality from important economists, lawmakers, activists, and reformers from a diverse range of political, cultural, and economic backgrounds Includes tables, figures, and primary documents to increase understanding of income inequality trend lines Provides a multitude of resources for further study of the social, political, and economic dimensions of income inequality in the United States

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contemporary World Issues
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Stacey M Jones • Robert S Rycroft
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	398
ISBN-13:	978-1-4408-6743-9
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-4408-6743-7
Barcode:	9781440867439

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