Creating an opportunity society
By: Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill.
Contributors: Sawhill, Isabel V.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780815703228
Subjects: Social mobility -- United States; Social classes -- Economic aspects -- United States; United States -- Economic policy -- 21st century; United States -- Social policy -- 21st century
Description: "Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Our vision; title: Public values and attitudes; title: The changing fortunes of the rich, the poor, and the middle class; title: Opportunity in the United States; title: Why family background matters; title: Perspectives on poverty; title: Middle-class complaints; title: Expanding educational opportunity; title: Supporting and encouraging work; title: Strengthening families; title: Paying the bills.