{"product_id":"inequality-matters-james-lardner-9781595581754","title":"Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and Its Poisonous Consequences","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s, the U.S. economy has been sending more and more of its rewards to fewer and fewer people. Once seen as a global exemplar of egalitarianism and middle-class opportunity, America has become the most unequal of developed nations--a land where corporate leaders earn hundreds of times the pay of average workers, and the only population group growing faster than millionaires is the uninsured. Statistics aside, this quarte-century-long trend has changed the texture of American life in ways that threaten our deepest values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the best and latest research, the contributors explore issues such as the real story the numbers tell about how America has changed; dimensions of inequality (education, health, and opportunity); causes of inequality, looking past the usual suspects of technology, trade, and immigration; the persistence of racial disparities; the erosion of democracy and community; and inequality as a moral and religious problem. Not just a catalog of inequality's ills, the book concludes with a plausible and hopeful policy path--beyond redistribution--to a more just and humane economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions by: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoel Bakan \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeather Boushey and Christian E. Weller \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert H. Frank \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert M. Franklin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam Greider \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristopher Jencks \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Cay Johnston \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard D. Kahlenberg \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Kuttner \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Lardner \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBetsy Leondar-Wright \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharles Lewis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeizhu Lui \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBill Moyers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiles S. Rapoport and David A. Smith \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan Rowe \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheda Skocpol \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid A. Smith and Heather McGhee \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJim Wallis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Wanner \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid R. Williams and James Lardner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Lardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595581758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595581754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.44h x 5.28w x 0.94d","brand":"James Lardner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938530296063,"sku":"9781595581754","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_abe74691-51a1-4ee8-83e8-51a0d2d688f3.jpg?v=1681436230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inequality-matters-james-lardner-9781595581754","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}