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Falling behind
Robert H. Frank
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An edition of Falling behind (2007)

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Although middle-income families don't earn much more than they did several decades ago, they are buying bigger cars, houses, and appliances. To pay for them, they spend more than they earn and carry record levels of debt. In a book that explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America today, Robert Frank explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class. Writing for a general audience, Frank employs up-to-date economic data and examples drawn from everyday life to shed light on reigning models of consumer behavior. He also suggests reforms that could mitigate the costs of inequality. This book compels us to rethink how and why we live our economic lives the way we do.--From publisher description.

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
148

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Subjects
Répartition, Equality, Wirtschaftliche Lage, Income distribution, Conditions économiques, Einkommensverteilung, Classes moyennes, Revenu, Aspect psychologique, Psychologie, Mittelstand, Economic conditions, Middle class, Verbraucherverhalten, Inégalité sociale, Aspect économique, Consommation (Économie politique), Consumption (Economics), Middle class, united states, Income distribution, united states, Consumption (economics), United states, economic conditions
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United States, États-Unis, USA

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Falling behind: how rising inequality harms the middle class
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Recent changes in income and wealth inequality
Inequality, happiness, and health
Envy or context?
The rising cost of adequate
Why do we care about rank?
What types of consumption are most sensitive to context?
How can middle-class families afford to keep up?
Smart for one, dumb for all
Looking ahead
Lessons for public policy
Reflections.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.

Series
The Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy -- 4

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.5/50973
Library of Congress
HT690.U6 F73 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 148 p. :
Number of pages
148

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24961999M
ISBN 10
0520252527, 0520251881
ISBN 13
9780520252523, 9780520251885
LCCN
2006026248
OCLC/WorldCat
71146128

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