Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threaten...
Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threaten...
Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future / Thomas M. Shapiro.
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New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
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G 2017/6019
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 268 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : dreams deferred and derailed -- Wealth matters -- Inequality at home -- Inequality at work -- The inheritance advantage -- The hidden hand of government -- Forward to equity -- Appendix : the leveraging mobility study.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Since the Great Recession, most Americans' standard of living has stagnated or declined. Economic inequality is at historic highs. But inequality's impact differs by race; African Americans' net wealth is just a tenth that of white Americans, and over recent decades, white families have accumulated wealth at three times the rate of black families....
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Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future / Thomas M. Shapiro.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index.
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G 2017/6019
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74VKVgyePDE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyePDE3
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ISBN
9780465046935 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0465046932 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
DDC
339.460973
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991024148780702626
