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The great divergence : America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it
Title:
The great divergence : America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it
ISBN:
9781608196333
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Physical Description:
264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Paradise lost -- Going up -- Usual suspects -- Teeming shores -- Kudoka and the college premium -- Offshore -- Unequal government -- The fall of Detroit -- Rise of the stinking rich -- Why it matters -- What to do.
Summary:
The income gap in America has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration, but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan exploration. Noah explains not only how this "Great Divergence" has come about, but why it threatens American democracy--and most important, how we can begin to reverse it.
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