The new inequality
Subtitle: creating solutions for poor America
By: Richard B. Freeman ; foreword by Robert B. Reich ; edited by Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers for Boston review.
Contributors: Cohen, Joshua, 1951-; Rogers, Joel, 1952-
Series: New democracy forum
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Income distribution -- United States.; Poor -- United States.; Wealth -- United States.; Equality -- United States.; Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Description: Harvard economist Richard B. Freeman argues that it is now time to stop analyzing the causes and consequences of inequality and concentrate on doing something about it. He also offers real solutions: Raise the income of the working class, reinvest in cities, and reenergize democratic institutions through the encouragement of local citizen organizations.

Responding essays by distinguished scholars and activists - James Tobin, Heidi Hartmann, Michael Piore, Frances Fox Piven, James Heckman, Ernesto Cortes, Jr., and Paul R. Krugman - heed and add depth to Freeman's call.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).