Frank, Robert H.

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.

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Classes moyennes--Conditions âeconomiques.--âEtats-Unis
Revenu--Râepartition--âEtats-Unis.
Consommation (âEconomie politique)--âEtats-Unis.
Inâegalitâe sociale--Aspect âeconomique--âEtats-Unis.

HT690.U6 / F73 2007

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