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PublishedOn: 2013-10-25

Title: Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class (Wi

ISBN: 9780520280526

Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

Publication Name: Falling Behind : How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class

Publisher: University of California Press

Item Length: 8.2 in

Subject: Political Economy, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Labor

Publication Year: 2013

Series: Wildavsky Forum Ser.

Type: Textbook

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.5 in

Author: Robert Frank

Item Weight: 8 Oz

Item Width: 5.5 in

Number of Pages: 176 Pages

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher

University of California Press

ISBN-10

0520280520

ISBN-13

9780520280526

eBay Product ID (ePID)

166450294

Product Key Features

Number of Pages

176 Pages

Language

English

Publication Name

Falling Behind : How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class

Publication Year

2013

Subject

Political Economy, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Labor

Type

Textbook

Subject Area

Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

Author

Robert Frank

Series

Wildavsky Forum Ser.

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height

0.5 in

Item Weight

8 Oz

Item Length

8.2 in

Item Width

5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

LCCN

2006-026248

Reviews

A compact example of a professional economist brilliantly deploying the tools of social science to illuminate the human condition.

Series Volume Number

Illustrated

Yes

Dewey Decimal

305.550

Table Of Content

Preface to the 2013 Edition Preface to the 2007 Edition 1. Introduction 2. Recent Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality 3. Inequality, Happiness, and Health 4. Envy or Context? 5. The Rising Cost of Adequate 6. Why Do We Care about Rank? 7. What Types of Consumption Are Most Sensitive to Context? 8. How Can Middle-Class Families Afford to Keep Up? 9. Smart for One, Dumb for All 10. Looking Ahead 11. Lessons for Public Policy 12. Reflections Notes References Index

Synopsis

With a timely new foreword by Robert Frank, this groundbreaking book explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today. Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry record levels of debt. Robert Frank explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class. Writing in lively prose for a general audience, Frank employs up-to-date economic data and examples drawn from everyday life to shed light on reigning models of consumer behavior. He also suggests reforms that could mitigate the costs of inequality. Falling Behind compels us to rethink how and why we live our economic lives the way we do.

LC Classification Number

HT690.U6F73 2013