Falling behind: how rising inequality harms the middle class

by Frank, Robert H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Falling behind : how rising inequality harms the middle class / Robert H. Frank.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Univ. of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley, Calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

Notes

Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Happiness and income -- Envy or context? -- Tangible costs of having low rank -- Whence positional concerns? -- Identifying positional consumption categories -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks.

Literaturverz. S. 133 - 140.

The Physical Object

Description:XIV, 148 Seiten : : Illustrationen, Diagramme.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520251885, 9780520252523, 0520252527, 0520251881
oclc:ocn266990505
LC Classification:HT690.U6
Dewey Decimal:305.550973

Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Inequality, happiness, and health -- Envy or context? -- The rising cost of adequate -- Why do we care about rank? -- What types of consumption are most sensitive to context? -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Reflections.

Subjects

Classes moyennes -- Conditions économiq… Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) -- United States Einkommensverteilung Einkommensverteilung -- USA Equality Equality -- Economic aspects Equality -- Economic aspects -- United … Income distribution Income distribution -- United States Konsum -- USA Lebensqualität Lebensstandard Middle class Middle class -- Economic conditions Middle class -- Economic conditions. --… Mittelschicht Mittelstand Mittelstand -- Einkommen -- USA Mittelstand -- USA