| Description |
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Boston review books |
|
Boston review book.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed February 8, 2013). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Occupy the future / David B. Grusky, Doug McAdam, Rob Reich, Debra Satz -- The empirical and normative foundation. Economic inequality in the United States: an occupy-inspired primer / David B. Grusky and Erin Cumberworth -- Ethics and inequality / Rob Reich and Debra Satz -- The sources of the takeoff. Increasing income inequality: economics and institutional ethics / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Why is there so much poverty? / David B. Grusky and Kim A. Weeden -- Who bears the brunt of the takeoff? Education and inequality / Sean F. Reardon -- The double binds of economic and racial inequality / Prudence L. Carter -- Gender and economic inequality / Shelley J. Correll -- Inequality, politics, and democracy. Restarting history / Gary Segura -- Political remedies to economic inequality / David D. Laitin -- State millionaire taxes / Cristobal Young and Charles Varner -- The politics of Occupy: now and looking ahead / Doug McAdam -- The social costs of inequality. Capitalism versus the environment / Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich -- The rising toll of inequality on health care and health status / Donald A. Barr -- Inequality and culture. Occupy your imagination / Michele Elam and Jennifer DeVere Brody -- What if we occupied language? / H. Samy Alim -- Thinking big / David Palumbo-Liu. |
| Summary |
"How the Occupy movement has challenged the gap between American principles and American practice--and how we can realize our most cherished ideals."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Income distribution -- United States.
|
|
Equality -- United States.
|
|
Poverty -- United States.
|
|
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
|
|
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
|
|
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
|
|
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
|
|
Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
|
|
Income distribution. (OCoLC)fst00968670
|
|
Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
|
|
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
|
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
|
| Chronological Term |
Since 2000
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Grusky, David B., editor.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Occupy the future. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013 9780262018401 (DLC) 2012038436 (OCoLC)793581310 |
| ISBN |
9780262306072 (electronic bk.) |
|
0262306077 (electronic bk.) |
|
9780262306997 (electronic bk.) |
|
0262306999 (electronic bk.) |
|
