The great divergence
Subtitle: America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it
By: Timothy Noah
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Bloomsbury Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: NewYork, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781608196333
Subjects: Equality; Wealth; Income distribution; Economic policy; Economic conditions; Poverty
Description: The income gap in America has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration, but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan exploration. Noah explains not only how this "Great Divergence" has come about, but why it threatens American democracy--and most important, how we can begin to reverse it.
Table of contents: title: Paradise lost; title: Going up; title: Usual suspects; title: Teeming shores; title: Kudoka and Joe College; title: Offshore; title: Unequal government; title: The fall of Detroit; title: Rise of the stinking rich; title: Why it matters and what to do.