The State of Working America /

The State of Working America / / Heidi Shierholz, Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, Lawrence Mishel.

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 aut...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Mishel, Lawrence,
Bivens, Josh,
Gould, Elise,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Twelfth Edition
Language:English
Series:Economic Policy Institute
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Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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