The Wealth Inequality Reader

Edition:

2nd

Date of publication:

January 2008

ISBN:

978-1-878585-69-1

Pages:

295

Price:

$24.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Contents
• Preface Jesse Jackson Jr.
• Introduction
• Section I 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
  • Measures of poverty
  • Ill and Insolvent
  • African Americans Lose Ground
• Section II The Causes of Inequality
  • The Visible Hand: Seven Government Actions That Have Worsened Inequality Chuck Collins
  • The Tax-Cut Con Paul Krugman
  • Tax Cuts for the Rich—Or Public Programs for Everyone? Michelle Sheehan
  • Doubly Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap Meizhu Lui
  • The Meritocracy Myth An Interview with Lani Guinier
  • The Right-Wing Idea Machine: Moving an Economic Agenda Chuck Collins
  • A Legitimate Mandate? Maximizing Returns to Shareholders Marjorie Kelly
  • Women and Wealth: A Primer Amy Gluckman
  • Property: Who Has a Right to What and Why? Arthur MacEwan
  • The Homeownership Myth Howard Karger
  • School Finance: Inequality Persists Michael Engel
  • Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In Vasuki Nesiah
  • Mind-Boggling Inequality John Miller
  • Rich and Poor in the Global Economy An Interview with Bob Sutcliffe
• 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
  • How Wealth Defines Power: The Politics of the New Gilded Age Kevin Phillips
  • Housing Blues Betsy Leondar-Wright
  • Black Job Loss Déjà Vu Betsy Leondar-Wright
  • The Hazards of Life On—and Off—the Luxury Lane Sam Pizzigati
  • ABCs of AIDS Prevention Jessica Weisberg
• 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
  • Unions and the Wealth Divide: An Interview With Bill Fletcher Meizhu Lui
  • Labor's Capital: Putting Pension Wealth to Work for Workers Adria Scharf
  • Rights Fight Adam Sacks
  • Post-Apartheid Vineyards William Moseley
  • Co-ops in the U.S. Solidarity Economy: COLORS Restaurant John Lawrence
  • The Land Trust Solution Michelle Sheehan
  • Burlington Busts the Affordable Housing Debate Daniel Fireside
• Section V Looking Forward
  • Transforming the Engines of Inequality William Greider
  • 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
• Appendix
• Wealth-Building Strategies
• References
• Contributors