Divided: The Perils of Our Growing Inequality
by David Cay Johnston
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"The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super-rich. The Occupy movement made the plight of the 99 percent an indelible part of the public consciousness, and concerns about inequality were a decisive factor in the 2012 presidential elections. How bad is it? According to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston, show more most Americans, in inflation-adjusted terms, are now back to the average income of 1966. Shockingly, from 2009 to 2011, the top 1 percent got 121 percent of the income gains while the bottom 99 percent saw their income fall. Yet in this most unequal of developed nations, every aspect of inequality remains hotly contested and poorly understood. Divided collects the writings of leading scholars, activists, and journalists to provide an illuminating, multifaceted look at inequality in America, exploring its devastating implications in areas as diverse as education, justice, health care, social mobility, and political representation. Provocative and eminently readable, here is an essential resource for anyone who cares about the future of America--and compelling evidence that inequality can be ignored only at the nation's peril. "-- show lessTags
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I checked this book out at the Anne Arundel County library in Crofton, MD. I stopped reading the book after 100 pages. The typeface was too small and there were more statistics than I could digest. The book leaves little doubt about the existence of economic inequality in this county and the impact it is having on politics and lives of the majority of citizens.
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David Cay Johnston was born in San Francisco, California on December 24, 1948. He received his education at San Francisco State University, Michigan State University and the University of Chicago. He is a columnist for The Daily Beast, Investopedia, USA Today, NationalMemo.com, Tax Analysts and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Johnston is also show more Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management - The property, tax and regulatory law of the ancient world. David is the Past President, Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) and Board President, InvestigativePost.com Buffalo, NY. David Cay Johnston is the author of New York Times bestseller The Making of Donald Trump. His other titles include It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America (2018); The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind (2012); Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill), a 2008 New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller; Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich -- and Cheat Everybody Else which was the 2004 Investigative Book of the Year award winner and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller; Temples of Chance: How America Inc. Bought Out Murder Inc. To Win Control of the Casino Business (1992). David Cay Johnston is the Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, an IRE Medal and the George Polk Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Divided: The Perils of Our Growing Inequality
- Original publication date
- 2014-04
- People/Characters
- Adam Smith; Elizabeth Warren; Barbara Ehrenreich; Joseph E. Stiglitz; Paul Krugman; Barack Obama
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- Genres
- Economics, Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 305 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity
- LCC
- HM821 .D585 — Social sciences Sociology (General) Sociology Deviant behavior. Social deviance
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
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