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):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley, calif
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 148 s. : : illustrations, portraits

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520251885, 0520251881, 9780520252523, 0520252527
oclc:ocn481225330
LC Classification:HT690.U6
Dewey Decimal:305.5 50973

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

Subjects

Classes moyennes -- Conditions économiq… Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) -- United States Equality -- Economic aspects Equality -- Economic aspects -- United … Income distribution Income distribution -- United States Middle class -- Economic conditions Middle class -- Economic conditions. --… Revenu -- Répartition -- États-Unis United States