01995cam a2200421 i 4500 119515 119515 BJBSDDR 20230805181439.0 ta 170314s2012 nyua 000 0 eng 9781608196333 160819633X eng BJBSDDR eng HC 110 N739g 2012 339.2/20973 Noah, Timothy The great divergence : America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it / Timothy Noah; illustrations by Catherine Mulbrandon. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Paradise lost -- Going up -- Usual suspects -- Teeming shores -- Kudoka and the College Premium -- Offshore -- Unequal government -- The fall of Detroit -- Rise of the stinking rich -- Why it matters and what to do -- What to do. The income gap in America has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration, but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan exploration. Noah explains not only how this "Great Divergence" has come about, but why it threatens American democracy--and most important, how we can begin to reverse it. Income distribution United States. Wealth United States. Poverty United States. Equality United States. Distribución del ingreso Estados Unidos 846 Riqueza Estados Unidos 391 Pobreza Estados Unidos 269 Igualdad Estados Unidos 271 United States Economic conditions. United States Economic policy. Estados Unidos Condiciones económicas 1552 Estados Unidos Política económica 843 30123 Mulbrandon, Catherine illustrator lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-05-23 0 HC 110 N739g 2012 00000167533 2023-05-23 00:00:00 1 2023-05-23 BK