Changing Inequality
Author:   Rebecca M. Blank
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   8
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9780520266933


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Rebecca M. Blank offers the first comprehensive analysis of an economic trend that has been reshaping the United States over the past three decades: rapidly rising income inequality. In clear language, she provides an overview of how and why the level and distribution of income and wealth has changed since 1979, sets this situation within its historical context, and investigates the forces that are driving it. Among other factors, Blank looks closely at changes within families, including women's increasing participation in the work force. The book includes some surprising findings-for example, that per-person income has risen sharply among almost all social groups, even as income has become more unequally distributed. Looking toward the future, Blank suggests that while rising inequality will likely be with us for many decades to come, it is not an inevitable outcome. Her book considers what can be done to address this trend, and also explores the question: why should we be concerned about this phenomenon?

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Author:   Rebecca M. Blank
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780520266933


ISBN 10:   0520266935
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Changes in Income and Earnings 1. A Broader Look at Changing Inequality 2. Changing Inequality in Annual Earnings and Its Components 3. Changing Inequality in Total Income and Its Components 4. Understanding These Changes Part II. Can Inequality be Reduced? 5. How Economic Shocks Change Income Distribution 6. Ways to Reduce Inequality (and Their Limits) 7. Changing Inequality in the United States Today Appendix 1. Details of the Chapter 2 Simulation and Appendix Figures Appendix 2. Income Components by Decile Appendix 3. Details of the Chapter 4 Simulations Appendix 4. Details of the Chapter 6 Simulations Notes References Index

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I recommend this book ... to anyone interested in why income inequality has increased so markedly over the last 30 years. -- Patrick Flavin Political Science Quarterly Blank offers insight on a topic of much current debate. -- R. S. Rycroft Choice


"""I recommend this book ... to anyone interested in why income inequality has increased so markedly over the last 30 years."" -- Patrick Flavin Political Science Quarterly ""Blank offers insight on a topic of much current debate."" -- R. S. Rycroft Choice"


Blank offers insight on a topic of much current debate. --Choice


Author Information

Rebecca M. Blank is former Robert Kerr Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Dean of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Most recently, she coedited Insufficient Funds: Savings, Asset, Credit and Banking Among Low-Income Households and Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes are Affecting Low-Wage Workers. She is also the author of It Takes a Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty, among other books.

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