The Vanishing Middle Class
Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy
Why the United States has developed an economy divided between rich and poor and how racism helped bring this about.The United States is becoming a nation of rich and poor, with few families in the middle. In this book, MIT economist Peter Temin offers an illuminating way to look at the vanishing middle class. Temin argues that American history and politics, particularly slavery and its aftermath, play an important part in the widening gap between rich and poor. Temin employs a well-known, simple model of a dual economy to examine the dynamics of the rich/poor divide in America, and outlines ways to work toward greater equality so that Americ…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-53529-8
- EAN: 9780262535298
- Produktnummer: 24021764
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.4 cm x D1.9 cm 406 g
- Gewicht: 406
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Peter Temin is Professor of Economics Emeritus at MIT. He is the coauthor of Keynes: Useful Economics for the World Economy (MIT Press) and of The Leaderless Economy.
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