| Description |
viii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Critical interventions : politics, culture, and the promise of democracy |
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Critical interventions (Boulder, Colo.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Workers -- Why we need a guaranteed income. Soon -- Children -- The poor -- Everyone deserves an income -- African-Americans -- Racism and narcissism -- The sick and the elderly -- Extreme capitalism : preying on the sick and the retirees -- Youth -- Guaranteed jobs -- Women -- A tale of extremes -- Soldiers -- Americide -- The case for a guaranteed income. |
| Summary |
Inequality has dramatically increased in America, with few solutions on the horizon. Serious social inequalities persist. For example, the 14 richest Americans earned enough money from their investments in 2015 to hire two million preschool teachers (while the USA ranks low among developed countries in preschool enrollment). Following the Great Recession, the richest one percent took 116 percent of the new income gains, a statistic caused by so many middle-class Americans moving backward, many losing investments in property and experiencing interruptions in work. Author Paul Buchheit looks hopefully to solutions in a book that vividly portrays the rapidly changing inequality of American society. More Americans have become "disposable" as middle-class jobs have disappeared at an alarming rate. Buchheit presents innovative proposals that could quickly begin to reverse those trends, including a guaranteed basic income drawn from new revenues, such as a financial speculation tax and a carbon tax. Discussing the challenges and obstacles to such measures, he finds optimism in past successes in American history. Ideal for classroom assignment, the book uniquely pairs historical events with current, real-life struggles faced by citizens, pointing to measures that can improve personal and social well-being and trust in government. --Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Guaranteed annual income -- United States.
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Income distribution -- United States.
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Capitalism -- United States.
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Labor -- United States.
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Working poor -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Capitalism. (OCoLC)fst00846425
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
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Basic income. (OCoLC)fst00948803
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Income distribution. (OCoLC)fst00968670
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Labor. (OCoLC)fst00989798
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Working poor. (OCoLC)fst01180666
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Armut (DE-588)4002963-3
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Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen (DE-588)4123252-5
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Einkommensverteilung (DE-588)4013898-7
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Soziale Ungleichheit (DE-588)4055736-4
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Kapitalismus (DE-588)4029577-1
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United States (DE-588)4078704-7
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| Chronological Term |
Since 2009
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781317206040 |
| ISBN |
9781138671751 hardback |
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1138671754 hardback |
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9781138671768 paperback |
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1138671762 paperback |
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9781315616803 electronic book |
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9781317206040 (ePub ebook) |
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9781317206033 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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9781317206057 (PDF ebook) |
