Falling behind : how rising inequality harms the middle class /
Robert H. Frank.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
- 148 p.
Bibliogr.
Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Happiness and income -- Envy or context? -- Tangible costs of having low rank -- Whence positional concerns? -- Identifying positional consumption categories -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks.