{"product_id":"inequality-boom-and-bust-howard-j-sherman-9780815381280","title":"Inequality, Boom, and Bust: From Billionaire Capitalism to Equality and Full Employment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is enormous inequality between the income and wealth of the richest 1 percent and all other Americans. While the top 1 percent own 42 percent of all wealth in America, the lower half on the income ladder has only 2 percent of all of the wealth. This book develops a viewpoint contrary to the prevailing conservative paradigm, setting out both reasons for this inequality and the impact of this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo explain inequality, conservative economists focus on individual characteristics such as intelligence and hard work. This book puts forward new evidence to show that changes in economic inequality are primarily due to characteristics inherent in the standard operation of capitalist institutions. Furthermore, the authors seek to explain the cycle of boom and bust by considering political and social factors often overlooked by conservative economists. This book also explores how wealth influences political policies in a way that increases economic inequality even more than its present level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough analysis of American political and economic institutions, \u003ci\u003eInequality, Boom, and Bust \u003c\/i\u003epresents concrete steps for an activist, progressive policy to greatly reduce inequality through free healthcare, free higher education, and reduced unemployment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard J. Sherman,Paul D. Sherman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081538128X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815381280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Howard J. Sherman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086937731327,"sku":"9780815381280","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13bc5f49-b949-4012-a969-c98095108445.jpg?v=1769097394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inequality-boom-and-bust-howard-j-sherman-9780815381280","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}