The Wealth Inequality Reader

Edition:

2nd

Date of publication:

January 2008

ISBN:

978-1-878585-69-1

Pages:

295

Price:

$24.95

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Wealth is distributed more unequally in the United States today than at any time since the twenties. Does it matter? The authors of The Wealth Inequality Reader answer this question with a resounding yes. In the thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, forty-two substantive, engaging essays explore the hidden vector of wealth inequality: its causes, its consequences, and strategies for change. Plus: an illustrated overview offers the latest statistics on wealth inequality in a series of one-page snapshots. The essential reader on wealth inequality, this book is a must-have for both activists and scholars.

Edited by the Dollars & Sense Collective and United for a Fair Economy. Preface by Jesse Jackson Jr.

With essays by Chuck Collins, Bill Fletcher, Ellen Frank, William Greider, Marjorie Kelly, Paul Krugman, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Meizhu Lui, Kevin Phillips, and more.

"The Wealth Inequality Reader is a wonderful resource and a marvelous teaching tool. It should be required reading for students of economics and politics. Indeed, it should be required reading for anyone who aspires to understand the basics of the US economy. I recommend it with enthusiasm."
—Tim Koechlin, Vassar College