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Demographics
Economic Inequality
Educational Opportunity
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Gender Discrimination
Health Care Costs
Housing Costs
Marriage and Family
Middle-Class
One Percent
Poverty
Race Discrimination
Rich-Poor Divide
Social Welfare Programs
Socioeconomic Conditions
Tax Policy
Wealth
Working-Class
Product details
- ISBN 9781440865145
- Weight: 992g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 18 Jun 2021
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This authoritative reference work explores the factors driving the much-debated increase in economic inequality in U.S. society, as well as the impact that this divide is having on U.S. culture, politics, families, communities, and institutions.
This reference work provides an authoritative and comprehensive resource for both students and scholars who are interested in learning more about the rich-poor divide in the United States—a divide regarded by many lawmakers, researchers, pundits, and concerned citizens as one of the nation's most serious problems. The book provides important historical background for understanding how the nation has grappled with (or ignored) this issue in the past, examines specific causes of inequality identified by observers across the political spectrum, and summarizes the potential consequences (both present and future) of economic inequality.
This book examines more than 25 issues frequently cited as factors contributing to the rapidly widening gap between socioeconomic classes in the U.S., ranging from such demographic factors as race and gender to tax code provisions and differences in access to quality education and health care. The book also provides both a retrospective and prospective look at government policies aimed at addressing inequality or assisting the poor. Finally, the book looks ahead to survey the future of inequality in America.
Robert S. Rycroft, PhD, is professor of economics at the University of Mary Washington.
Kimberley L. Kinsley, JD, MA, is senior lecturer of business law in the College of Business at the University of Mary Washington.
