how rising inequality harms the middle class Frank, Robert H. creator text bibliography cau Berkeley University of California Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

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148 p. 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. Robert H. Frank. Bibliogr. n-us--- Classes moyennes âEtats-Unis Conditions âeconomiques Revenu Râepartition âEtats-Unis Consommation (âEconomie politique) âEtats-Unis Inâegalitâe sociale Aspect âeconomique âEtats-Unis HT690.U6 F73 2007 305.5/50973 9780520251885 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520251881 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520252523 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520252527 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2006026248 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026248.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026248.html LVB 060810 20230410120735.0 50498 fre