Table of Contents
1. Introduction. The introduction lays out the basic dimensions of American inequality, tracing patterns of wage, income, and wealth inequality across our recent history. This overview includes links to more detailed explorations of the trajectory of American wages, American incomes, American wealth, the demographics (race and gender) of inequality, spatial and generational patterns of inequality; and the costs of inequality.
2. Usual Suspects. This section examines the conventional explanations for American inequality. The summary discussion includes links to more detailed explorations of globalization and inequality, technology and inequality, and demographic change and inequality.
3. Differences That Matter: Public Policy and American Inequality. This section presents the politics and policies (their change over time and their contrast with other settings) which have most directly contributed to widening inequality in the United States. It is presented in eight parts, each of which offers a short history, an assessment of the contribution of each policy (or policy change) to inequality, and a comparison with peer countries. Links within each chapter offer background readings or further discussion of key issues or concepts.
The Union Difference: Labor Relations and American Inequality
The Bare Minimum: Labor Standards and American Inequality
The Perils of Private Welfare: Job-Based Benefits and American Inequality
A Tattered Safety Net: Social Policy and American Inequality
Who Pays? Taxes and American Inequality
Wolves of Wall Street and Main Street: Financialization and American Inequality
Fatter Cats: Executive Pay and American Inequality
Choosing Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy and American Inequality
4. Conclusion. The conclusion assesses the relative contribution these policies to the larger pattern of inequality, and offers a short primer on the way forward.
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Acknowledgements
About the Author
1. Introduction. The introduction lays out the basic dimensions of American inequality, tracing patterns of wage, income, and wealth inequality across our recent history. This overview includes links to more detailed explorations of the trajectory of American wages, American incomes, American wealth, the demographics (race and gender) of inequality, spatial and generational patterns of inequality; and the costs of inequality.
2. Usual Suspects. This section examines the conventional explanations for American inequality. The summary discussion includes links to more detailed explorations of globalization and inequality, technology and inequality, and demographic change and inequality.
3. Differences That Matter: Public Policy and American Inequality. This section presents the politics and policies (their change over time and their contrast with other settings) which have most directly contributed to widening inequality in the United States. It is presented in eight parts, each of which offers a short history, an assessment of the contribution of each policy (or policy change) to inequality, and a comparison with peer countries. Links within each chapter offer background readings or further discussion of key issues or concepts.
The Union Difference: Labor Relations and American Inequality
The Bare Minimum: Labor Standards and American Inequality
The Perils of Private Welfare: Job-Based Benefits and American Inequality
A Tattered Safety Net: Social Policy and American Inequality
Who Pays? Taxes and American Inequality
Wolves of Wall Street and Main Street: Financialization and American Inequality
Fatter Cats: Executive Pay and American Inequality
Choosing Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy and American Inequality
2. Usual Suspects. This section examines the conventional explanations for American inequality. The summary discussion includes links to more detailed explorations of globalization and inequality, technology and inequality, and demographic change and inequality.
3. Differences That Matter: Public Policy and American Inequality. This section presents the politics and policies (their change over time and their contrast with other settings) which have most directly contributed to widening inequality in the United States. It is presented in eight parts, each of which offers a short history, an assessment of the contribution of each policy (or policy change) to inequality, and a comparison with peer countries. Links within each chapter offer background readings or further discussion of key issues or concepts.
The Union Difference: Labor Relations and American Inequality
The Bare Minimum: Labor Standards and American Inequality
The Perils of Private Welfare: Job-Based Benefits and American Inequality
A Tattered Safety Net: Social Policy and American Inequality
Who Pays? Taxes and American Inequality
Wolves of Wall Street and Main Street: Financialization and American Inequality
Fatter Cats: Executive Pay and American Inequality
Choosing Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy and American Inequality
4. Conclusion. The conclusion assesses the relative contribution these policies to the larger pattern of inequality, and offers a short primer on the way forward.
Chartbook
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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