Divided
Subtitle: the perils of our growing inequality
By: edited by David Cay Johnston
Edition: First edition
Publisher: The New Press
Published: April, 2014
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781595589231; 9781620970850
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Equality; Social policy; Income distribution
Description: "The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super-rich. The Occupy movement made the plight of the 99 percent an indelible part of the public consciousness, and concerns about inequality were a decisive factor in the 2012 presidential elections. How bad is it? According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, most Americans, in inflation-adjusted terms, are now back to the average income of 1966. Shockingly, from 2009 to 2011, the top 1 percent got 121 percent of the income gains while the bottom 99 percent saw their income fall. Yet in this most unequal of developed nations, every aspect of inequality remains hotly contested and poorly understood. Divided collects the writings of leading scholars, activists, and journalists to provide an illuminating, multifaceted look at inequality in America, exploring its devastating implications in areas as diverse as education, justice, health care, social mobility, and political representation. Provocative and eminently readable, here is an essential resource for anyone who cares about the future of America--and compelling evidence that inequality can be ignored only at the nation's peril. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: Introcution
title: David Cay Johnston
pagenum: ix; label: Insights on Inequality
pagenum: xix; label: Inequality and Democracy
title: President Barack Obama
pagenum: 1; label: The Vanishing Middle Class
title: Elizabeth Warren
pagenum: 17; label: Necessaries
title: Adam Smith
pagenum: 30; label: INCOME INEQUALITY; label: How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class
title: Robert H. Frank
pagenum: 35; label: Inequality is Holding Back the Recovery
title: Joseph E. Stiglitz
pagenum: 44; label: Wage Theft
title: Kim Bobo
pagenum: 50; label: Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip
title: Barbara Ehrenreich
pagenum: 65; label: Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?
title: Christopher Jencks
pagenum: 67; label: In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives
title: Beth Shulman
pagenum: 75; label: Household Wealth Inequality
title: Edward N. Wolff
pagenum: 90; label: Inequality Across Generations
title: Jaren Bernstein
pagenum: 97; label: "I Didn't Do It Alone"
title: Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel
pagenum: 100; label: Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash
title: Studs Terkel
pagenum: 108; label: Graduates V. Oligarchs
title: Paul Krugman
pagenum: 115; label: EDUCATION; label: No Rich Child Left Behind
title: Sean F. Reardon
pagenum: 123; label: Achievement Gap
title: Editorial Projects of the Education Research Center
pagenum: 130; label: Back to School
title: Mike Rose
pagenum: 136; label: Educational Quality and Equality
title: Linda Darling-Hammond
pagenum: 153; label: HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY; label: Health and Income Inequalities are Linked
title: Richard Wilkinson
pagenum: 161; label: Unequal Quality of Care
title: Mary E. O'Brien
pagenum: 165; label: Reducing Health Care Disparities
title: Olveen Carrasquillo and Jaime Torres
pagenum: 173; label: Universal Health Care
title: Leo W. Gerard
pagenum: 180; label: U.S. Health Care Costs the Most—by Far
title: David Cay Johnston
pagenum: 185; label: Inequality Kills
title: Stephen Bezruchka
pagenum: 190; label: DEBT AND POVERTY; label: Jailed for Being in Debt
title: Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt
pagenum: 203; label: America's Poverty "Tax"
title: Gary Rivlin
pagenum: 211; label: Hunger in America
title: Donald S. Shepard, Elizabeth Setren, and Donna Cooper
pagenum: 215; label: Georgia's Hunger Games
title: Neil deMause
pagenum: 219; label: Living Down to Expectations
title: Stephen Pimpare
pagenum: 226; label: POLICY; label: How Economics is Biased Toward the Rich
title: Moshe Adler
pagenum: 235; label: Don't Drink the Kool-Aid
title: Robert Kuttner
pagenum: 246; label: Social Security Reduces Inequality, Efficiently, Effectively and Fairly
title: Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson
pagenum: 250; label: Arguments for and Against Income Inequality
title: Thomas L. Hungerford
pagenum: 260; label: Inequality of Hazard
title: Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling
pagenum: 264; label: A Different Kind of Epidemic
title: Ernest Drucker
pagenum: 273; label: Prison's Dilemma
title: Glenn C. Loury
pagenum: 284; label: FAMILY; label: Men and Their Underpaid Women
title: David Cay Johnston
pagenum: 291; label: Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty
title: Peter Edelman
pagenum: 295; label: Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living
title: Lisa Dodson
pagenum: 305; label: Contributors
pagenum: 313; label: Additional Reading
pagenum: 319; label: Permissions
pagenum: 321