Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
"The United States is becoming a nation of rich and poor, with few families in the middle. In this book, MIT economist Peter Temin offers an illuminating way to look at the vanishing middle class. Temin argues that American history and politics, particularly slavery and its aftermath, play an important part in the widening gap between rich and poor. Temin employs a well-known, simple model of a dual economy to examine the dynamics of the rich/poor divide in America, and outlines ways to work toward greater equality so that America will no longer have one economy for the rich and one for the poor. Many poorer Americans live in conditions resembling those of a developing country--substandard education, dilapidated housing, and few stable employment opportunities. And although almost half of black Americans are poor, most poor people are not black. Conservative white politicians still appeal to the racism of poor white voters to get support for policies that harm low-income people as a whole, casting recipients of social programs as the Other--black, Latino, not like "us." Politicians also use mass incarceration as a tool to keep black and Latino Americans from participating fully in society. Money goes to a vast entrenched prison system rather than to education. In the dual justice system, the rich pay fines and the poor go to jail." -- Publisher's description
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Equality, Income distribution, Middle class, Economic policy, Economic conditions, Minorities, Income distribution, united states, Middle class, united states, Minorities, united states, economic conditions, United states, economic conditions, 2009-, United states, economic policy, 2009-, Income distribution -- United States, Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions, Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions, Equality -- United States, United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-, United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-Places
United StatesTimes
2009-Showing 8 featured editions. View all 8 editions?
Book Details
Edition Notes
Source title: The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy (The MIT Press)
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created October 7, 2019
- 3 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
December 7, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
October 11, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
October 7, 2019 | Created by ImportBot | Imported from amazon.com record |