TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilbert,Geoffrey
TI  - Rich and poor in America: a reference handbook 
SN  - 9781598840568 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - REF HC 110.I5 G55 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - United States
KW  - Equality
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; 1; Background and history --; A; widening gap --; Measuring income inequality --; Wealth inequality --; Long-term trends --; Rowboats, yachts, and rising tides --; Race, ethnicity, and economic inequality --; Income inequality and health --; Income inequality and education --; A; shrinking middle class ? --; From rich to poor and poor to rich : mobility --; Rich and poor : the political dimension --; 2; Problems, controversies, and solutions --; The; wage structure and human capital --; Labor skills, labor demand, and technological change --; International competition --; Immigration --; Unions and the wage distribution --; The; Minimum Wage and inequality --; Winner take all? --; family structure and income distribution --; Political perspectives on income inequality --; Education as an income equalizer --; The; effectiveness of early interventions --; U.S. schools and inequality --; Ways to improve low-SES student performance --; College : ticket to the middle class --; Working on the labor market --; The; living wage as a boost to low wages --; Stronger unions as a means to lift low wages --; Earned Income Tax Credit --; Limits on CEO pay --; Immigrant labor supplies --; Taxes and transfer payments --; Wealth and estate taxes --; Asset-building policies --; Summary --; 3; Worldwide perspective--; A; world of contrasts --; National rates of income inequality --; Income inequality in Latin America and Africa --; Poverty in the rich countries --; National trends in income inequality --; Income by country : divergence or convergence? --; A; new concept of global inequality --; Less inequality, less poverty? --; Economic mobility : the United States in global perspective --; Top U.S. incomes in worldwide perspective --; CEO pay and income inequality --; Wealth taxes : a (so far) non-American response to wealth inequality --; A; caution on wealth taxes --; 4; Chronology --; 5; Biographical sketches --; Horatio Alger Jr. --; Anne L. Alstott --; Warren E. Buffett --; John Bates Clark --; Chuck Collins --; Marian Wright Edelman --; John Edwards --; Barbara Ehrenreich --; Victor R. Fuchs --; William H. Gates III --; Corrado Gini --; Hetty Green --; Delores Huerta --; Jonathan Kozol --; Simon Kuznets --; Bhashkar Mazumder --; Sara S. McLanahan --; Mollie Orshansky --; John D. Rockefeller --; Paul G. Schervish --; Thomas M. Shapiro --; Michael Sherraden --; Ronald J. Sider --; Timothy M. Smeeding --; Samuel Walton --; Richard Wilkinson --; Edward N. Wolff --; 6; Data and documents --; Inequality and the American public : the Maxwell School Survey --; Perceptions of inequality trends --; Concerns about inequality --; California Kids Investment and Development Savings (KIDS) accounts --; Ben Bernanke on U.S. income inequality --; pay without performance : the great CEO guarantee --; Are CEOs overpaid? --; The; Estate Tax 'recycles' opportunity --; Being profitable is giving back --; Andrew Carnegie on what to do with a fortune --; Giving back, big time : the Carnegie-Buffett connection --; Being poor --; 7; Directory of organizations --; 8; Selected print and nonprint resources --; Print resources --; Articles --; Books --; Nonprint resources --; Web sites --; Video --; Contact information for video distributors and vendors --; Glossary --; Index --; About the author
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