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Mishel, Lawrence, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The State of Working America / Heidi Shierholz, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, Lawrence Mishel. Twelfth Edition Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (520 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Economic Policy Institute Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Documentation and methodology -- Chapter 1. Overview: Policy-driven inequality blocks living-standards growth for low- and middle-income Americans. -- Chapter 2. Income: Already a 'lost decade' -- Chapter 3. Mobility: Not offsetting growing inequality -- Chapter 4. Wages: The top, and very top, outpace the rest -- Chapter 5. Jobs: A function of demand -- Chapter 6. Wealth: Unrelenting disparities -- Chapter 7. Poverty: The Great Recession adds injury to insult -- Appendix A: CPS income measurement -- Appendix B : Wage measurement -- Bibliography -- Index -- About EPI -- About the authors restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From reviews of previous editions-"The State of Working America remains unrivaled as the most-trusted source for a comprehensive understanding of how working Americans and their families are faring in today's economy."-Robert B. Reich"It is the inequality of wealth, argue the authors, rather than new technology (as some would have it), that is responsible for the failure of America's workplace to keep pace with the country's economic growth. The State of Working America is a well-written, soundly argued, and important reference book."-Library Journal"An indispensable work on family income, wages, taxes, employment, and the distribution of wealth."-New York Review of BooksSince 1988, The State of Working America has provided a comprehensive answer to a question newly in vogue in this age of Occupy Wall Street: To what extent has overall economic growth translated into rising living standards for the vast majority of American workers and their families? In the 12th edition, Lawrence Mishel, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, and Heidi Shierholz analyze a trove of data on income, jobs, mobility, poverty, wages, and wealth to demonstrate that rising economic inequality over the past three decades has decoupled overall economic growth from growth in the living standards of the vast majority.The new edition of The State of Working America also expands on this analysis of American living standards, most notably by placing the Great Recession in historical context. The severe economic downturn that began in December 2007 came on the heels of a historically weak recovery following the 2001 recession, a recovery that saw many measures of living standards stagnate. The authors view the past decade as "lost" in terms of living standards growth, and warn that millions of American households face another decade of lost opportunity.Especially troubling, the authors stress, is that while overall economic performance in the decades before the Great Recession was more than sufficient to broadly raise living standards, broad-based growth was blocked by rising inequality driven largely by policy choices. A determinedly data-driven narrative, The State of Working America remains the most comprehensive resource about the economic experience of working Americans. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Cost and standard of living Statistics United States. Cost and standard of living United States Statistics. Working class Statistics Economic conditions United States. Working class United States Economic conditions Statistics. General Economics. Labor History. U.S. History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy. bisacsh Bivens, Josh, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Gould, Elise, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801451706 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801466236 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801466236 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801466236/original |
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