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1	The Conscience of a Liberal more books like this by Paul Krugman add to wishlist This original volume by the bestselling author of "The Great Unraveling" challenges America to reclaim the values that have made it great. Krugman weaves together a nuanced account of three generations of history with sharp political, social, and economic analysis. see all copies from $3.37! new only from $9.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Economic Naturalists Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times more books like this by Robert H Frank add to wishlist The "New York Times" columnist and author of "The Economic Naturalist," Robert Frank returns to show how behavioral economics can illuminate some of the most important issues of our times see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| SVS
3	State of Working America more books like this by Lawrence Mishel, David M Frankel, Paula Voos (Editor) add to wishlist This work provides a comprehensive portrait of how the US standard of living has changed during recent years, as compared to the whole period since World War II. The study presents statistics that are compiled from government and private data sources. Using the evidence, the authors analyze trends in income, wages, jobs, wealth, poverty and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class more books like this by Robert H Frank add to wishlist 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. In a book that explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today, Robert Frank explains how increased ... see all copies from $6.08! new only from $13.98! \| SVS
5	Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches more books like this by Nolan McCarty, Keith T Poole, Dr. Howard Rosenthal add to wishlist This book presents an analysis of how the increasing polarisation of American politics has been accompanied and accelerated by greater income inequality, rising immigration, and other social and economic changes. The idea of America as politically polarized - that there is an unbridgeable divide between right and left, red and blue states - has ... see all copies from $7.70! new only from $14.82! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Inequality and Society: Social Science Perspectives on Social Stratification more books like this by Jeff Manza (Editor), Michael Sauder (Editor) add to wishlist Designed for undergraduate courses on inequality, this reader is the first and only one to incorporate political inequality into the discussion of social stratification. see all copies from $32.20! new only from $43.95! \| SVS
7	Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (and Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries) more books like this by Jared Bernstein add to wishlist In this lively and irreverent tour through everyday economic mysteries, premier economist Jared Bernstein helps readers decode economic "analysis", navigate through murky ethical quandaries, and make sound economic decisions that reflect their deepest aspirations for themselves, their families, and their country. Chances are, if there's a stumper ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.76! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Pecking Order: Which Siblings Succeed and Why more books like this by Dalton Conley add to wishlist Inequality begins at home, according to this exploration of the "pecking order" in American families. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy more books like this by Gar Alperovitz add to wishlist "Be prepared for a mind-opening experience." - "The Christian Century". "Highly readable; excellent for students...A tonic and eye-opener for anyone who wants a politics that works." - Jane Mansbridge, Adams Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. ""America Beyond Capitalism" comes at a critical time in our history ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Development and Underdevelopment: The Political Economy of Global Inequality more books like this by Mitchell A Seligson add to wishlist This revised and expanded edition of "Development and Underdevelopment" retains many of the selections that made the first edition so popular for classroom use, while adding new material to make it even more appealing. New material includes: studies that enable readers to trace levels of national development back to the beginning of the 19th ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change more books like this by Lester C Thurow add to wishlist A classic in economics from the three-time New York Times best seller. Written during a period of acute economic stagnation in 1980, The Zero-Sum Society discusses the human implications of economic problem solving. Interpreting macroeconomics as a zero-sum game, Thurow proposes that the American economy will not solve its most trenchant problems ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Power & Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification more books like this by Gerhard E Lenski add to wishlist Using a dialectical view of the development of thought in the discipline, Gerhard Lenski describes the outlines of an emerging synthesis of theories. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.69! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Inequality and Prosperity: Social Europe Vs. Liberal America more books like this by Jonas Pontusson add to wishlist What are the relative merits of the American and European socioeconomic systems? Long-standing debates have heated up in recent years with the expansion of the European Union and increasingly sharp political and cultural differences between the United States and Europe. In Inequality and Prosperity, Jonas Pontusson provides a comparative overview ... see all copies from $11.48! new only from $15.54! \| SVS
14 view cover	Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality & Insecurity more books like this by Chuck Collins, Felice Yeskel add to wishlist Revised following the 2004 presidential election, a graphic portrait of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else in America. - In 1968, African Americans earned 55 cents for every dollar of white income. At the current pace, it would take 581 years for African Americans to achieve income parity. - States including Alabama, Tennessee, ... see all copies from $3.22! new only from $12.19! \| first editions
15 view cover	Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay more books like this by James K Galbraith add to wishlist The boom of the US economy in the late 1990s suggests that Americans are better off than they were a decade ago, but this is not true across the board. The reason, as this text explains, is wage inequality. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Good Society: The Humane Dimension more books like this by John Kenneth Galbraith add to wishlist In this tightly argued book, Galbraith, preeminent economist, presents the blueprint for a society that is compassionate to the less fortunate and economically feasible for all. He points the way toward the achievable goals for a 'good society': personal liberty, basic well-being for all, racial and ethnic equality, and the opportunity for a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Durable Inequality more books like this by Charles Tilly, Ph.D. add to wishlist Charles Tilly, in this manifesto, presents an approach to the study of persistent social inequality. How, he asks, do long-lasting, systematic inequalities in life chances arise, and how do they come to distinguish members of different socially defined categories of persons? Exploring representative paired and unequal categories, such as male ... see all copies from $5.01! new only from $26.39! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia more books like this by Kathleen M Blee, Dwight B Billings add to wishlist Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communities through the history of Clay County, an especially poor section of the Eastern Kentucky mountains in Appalachia. The authors uncover the systemic problems and patterns of low income by tracing its socio-cultural, economic, and political development ... see all copies from $28.95! new only from $37.90! \| SVS
19 view cover	Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America more books like this by Meg Jacobs add to wishlist 'How much does it cost?' We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as "Pocketbook Politics" dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. In this groundbreaking study, Meg Jacobs demonstrates how pocketbook politics ... see all copies from $10.89! new only from $26.00! \| SVS
20 view cover	The Ethics of Redistribution more books like this by Baron B de Jouvenel add to wishlist The Ethics of Redistribution was originally delivered as a Boutwood Lecture at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in the autumn of 1949. The Baron Bertrand de Jouvenel was then an already internationally regarded philosopher whose learned style was a calculated blend of moral. historical and political considerations. In this essay, split between ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.31! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth more books like this by Benjamin M Friedman add to wishlist From the author of the acclaimed "Day of Reckoning" comes a persuasive argument that broadly distributed economic growth provides benefits far beyond the material, creating and strengthening democratic institutions, establishing political stability, and enhancing opportunity. see all copies from $2.05! new only from $10.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Income Inequality in America: An Analysis of Trends more books like this by Paul Ryscavage, Daniel J Mitchell (Foreword by) add to wishlist What is income inequality? How is it measured? Is the middle class really declining? How does it relate to poverty? How long has inequality been rising in the US? Have there been other periods in history when income differences were as large as they are today? What are the causes of growing income and wage inequality? The author addresses these ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $43.20!
23 view cover	Reducing Global Poverty more books like this by Barry B Hughes, Mohammod T Irfan, Haider Khan add to wishlist This is the first volume in an ambitious new series - "Patterns of Potential Human Progress" - inspired by the UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) and other initiatives to improve the global condition. The first and most fundamental of these goals - reducing poverty worldwide - is the focus of this book. Using the large-scale computer program ... see all copies from $24.65! new only from $36.74! \| SVS
24 view cover	Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World more books like this by Douglas H Boucher add to wishlist Excerpts from thirty-two of Food First's best publications provide an integrated overview of the world food system, the U.S. role in that system, how global politics affect hungry people, and the impact of the free market. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $12.01! \| SVS
25 view cover	Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance more books like this by Gar Alperovitz, Lew Daly add to wishlist Offering an entirely new approach to the wealth question, the authors demonstrate that up to 90 percent of current economic output derives from society's collective inheritance, known as a "free lunch." Alperovitz and Daly argue that there is no reason any one person should be entitled to that inheritance. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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