Title: The new gilded age : the critical inequality debates of our time /
Authors: Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar; Grusky, David B.,; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar,
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Equality United States; Poverty United States; Discrimination United States; Equality; Poverty
Abstract: Income inequality is an increasingly pressing issue in the United States and around the world. This book explores five critical issues to introduce some of the key moral and empirical questions about income, gender, and racial inequality: Do we have a moral obligation to eliminate poverty? Is inequality a necessary evil that's the best way available to motivate economic action and increase total output? Can we retain a meaningful democracy even when extreme inequality allows the rich to purchase political privilege? Is the recent stalling out of long-term declines in gender inequality a historic reversal that presages a new gender order? How are racial and ethnic inequalities likely to evolve as minority populations grow ever larger, as intermarriage increases, and as new forms of immigration unfold? Leading public intellectuals debate these questions in a no-holds-barred exploration of our New Gilded Age.
Contents: Introduction : poverty and inequality in a new world / David B. Grusky and Tamar Kricheli-Katz -- Rich and poor in the world community / Peter Singer -- Global needs and special relationships / Richard W. Miller -- (Some) inequality is good for you / Richard B. Freeman -- Inequality and economic growth in comparative perspective / Jonas Pontusson -- Rising inequality and American politics / John Ferejohn -- Unequal democracy in America: the long view / Jeff Manza -- A human capital account of the gender pay gap / Solomon Polachek -- The sources of the gender pay gap / Francine D. Blau -- A dream deferred : toward the U.S. racial future / Howard Winant -- Racial and ethnic diversity and public policy / Mary C. Waters.