Income Inequality in America: An Analysis of Trends

What is income inequality? How is it measured?

The author addresses these and other conceptual issues in eight carefully reasoned and clearly presented chapters.

Is the middle class really declining? How does it relate to poverty?

Concluding with an analysis and comparison of trends in wage inequality in other developed countries, he asks the final speculative question: How much more growth in inequality can our society withstand?

How long has inequality been rising in the US? Have there been other periods in history when income differences were as large as they are today?

The author addresses these and other conceptual issues in eight carefully reasoned and clearly presented chapters.

What are the causes of growing income and wage inequality?

The author addresses these and other conceptual issues in eight carefully reasoned and clearly presented chapters.