While the nation's GDP has doubled in the last thirty years,
significant increases in family income have been restricted to a
small subset of the American population. This disjunct between
national economic growth and stagnating incomes in all but the very
top tier of the population corresponds with increasing economic
inequality and a lack of social and economic mobility. As a
consequence, neighborhoods and metropolitan areas have become more
polarized. Stark geographic differences in levels of poverty,
income, health outcomes, job opportunities, lifetime earning
potential, and educational attainment highlight the degree to which
place matters in terms of social and economic opportunity. Shared
Prosperity in America's Communities examines this place-based
disparity of opportunity and suggests what can be done to ensure
that the benefits of economic growth are widely shared.
Contributors' essays explore social and economic mobility
throughout the country to illuminate the changing geography of
inequality, offer a portfolio of strategies to address the
challenges of place-based inequality, and show how communities
across the nation are implementing change and building a future of
shared prosperity. Approaching the problem from the vantage point
of economics, sociology, and public policy, Shared Prosperity in
America's Communities offers a timely analysis of the country's
growing socioeconomic and geographic division and shows how
communities can respond to the challenge of economic inequality to
build a nation of opportunity for all. Contributors: J. Cameron
Anglum, Timothy J. Bartik, Chris Benner, Angela Glover Blackwell,
Anthony P. Carnevale, Raj Chetty, Rebecca Diamond, Lei Ding, Paul
A. Jargowsky, David N. Karp, Elizabeth Kneebone, Douglas S. Massey,
Jeremy Nowak, Manuel Pastor, Victor Rubin, Chris Schildt, Nicole
Smith, Margery Austin Turner, Susan M. Wachter, Zachary D. Wood.
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