The Wealth Inequality Reader

wealth inequality reader cover
Edition:
3rd
Date of publication:
August 2009
ISBN:
978-1-878585-53-0
Pages:
300
Price:
$32.95


  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction Wealth Inequality by the Numbers
    • The Wealth Pie
    • What Is Wealth?
    • The Super-Rich
    • The Wealthless
    • Class Mobility
    • The Owning Class
    • The Racial Wealth Gap
    • Women's Wealth
    • World Wide Wealth
  • Section I Inequality and the Current Crisis
    • What’s in a Name? John Miller
    • From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth David Korton
    • Inequality, Power, and Ideology Arthur MacEwan
    • Who Gets Those Trillions? Arthur MacEwan
    • Capitalism Hits the Fan Rick Wolff
    • The Homeownership Myth Howard Karger
    • Financialization: A Primer Ramaa Vasudevan
    • Hot Commodities, Stuffed Markets, and Empty Bellies Ben Collins
    • Gender and Recession Heather Boushey
    • Should We Be Talking About Living Wages Now Jeannette Wicks–Lim
    • Bail Out the Safety Net Randy Albelda
  • Section II The Causes of Inequality
    • The Visible Hand: Seven Government Actions That Have Worsened Inequality Chuck Collins
    • One–Quarter of Large U.S. Corporations Don’t Pay Profit Taxes—Why Should the Rest? John Miller
    • Doubly Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap Meizhu Lui
    • The Meritocracy Myth An Interview with Lani Guinier
    • Women and Wealth: A Primer Amy Gluckman
    • Property: Who Has a Right to What and Why? Arthur MacEwan
    • School Finance: Inequality Persists Michael Engel
    • Mind-Boggling Inequality John Miller
    • Rich and Poor in the Global Economy An Interview with Bob Sutcliffe
    • Ill and Insolvent Kayty Himmelstein
  • Section III The Consequences of Inequality
    • Slicing Up at the Long Barbeque James Cypher
    • Geese, Golden Eggs, and Traps: Why Inequality Is Bad for the Economy Chris Tilly
    • Inequality: Bad for Your Health An Interview with Ichiro Kawachi
    • The Right to Stay Home David Bacon
  • Section IV Strategies for Change
    • Tax Wealth: Great Political Economists and Andrew Carnegie Agree John Miller
    • Tax Wealth to Broaden Wealth Chuck Collins and Dedrick Muhammad
    • Closing the Racial Wealth Gap for the Next Generation Meizhu Lui
    • Community Economic Development: An Alternative Vision for Creating and Distributing Wealth Thad Williamson
    • Flame-Broiled Shark: How Predatory Lending Victims Fought Back and Won David Swanson
    • Labor’s Capital: Putting Pension Wealth to Work for Workers Adria Scharf
    • Rights Fight: Small Town Values vs. Corporate Agriculture Adam Sacks
    • Post-Apartheid Vineyards William Moseley
    • The Land Trust Solution Michelle Sheehan
    • Housing Land Trusts Keep Prices Affordable—For Now and Forever Daniel Fireside
    • Reforming Land Reform: Nepal’s Land–Right Movement Moves Beyond Failed Market–Based Approaches Ravi Bhandari and Alex Linghorn
    • A New WPA? Ryan A. Dodd
    • The Coming Era of Wealth Taxation Gar Alperovitz
    • No More Savings! The Case for Social Wealth Ellen Frank
    • Washington State Recycles Social Wealth Chuck Collins
    • Sharing the Wealth of the Commons Peter Barnes
    • America Beyond Consumerism That Williamson
    • Climate Change and Ecosociolism An interview with Joel Kovel
  • Contributors