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The politics of wealth and inequality
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- Creator
- editors, Richard E. Ratcliff, Melvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. Shapiro
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Greenwich, Conn. : JAI Press, 1995
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781559381178, 1559381175
- OCLC
- ocm32458549
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Negative consequences to the rise of income inequality -- The rich get increasingly richer: latest data on household wealth during the 1980s -- "Them that's got shall get": inheritance and achievement in wealth accumulation -- Savings and investment among the wealthy: the uses of assets by high-income families in 1950 and 1983 -- Conservative policy-making and growing urban inequality in the 1980s -- Children in poverty: lessons from the economy and public policies
- The war against welfare moves to the states -- Racial/ethnic differences in the impact of work and family on women's poverty -- Assets and the welfare state: policies, proposals, politics, and research -- The politics of income redistribution