Wealth in America - Trends in Wealth Inequality

Zusammenfassung Keister synthesizes theory and data from various sources to present a detailed picture of household wealth distribution from 1962 to 1995. The results underscore the importance of wealth as an indicator of well-being! identify important causes of wealth inequality! and propose methods of lessening the recent increase in wealth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Wealth and inequality; 2. Measuring trends in wealth inequality; Part II. Wealth Distribution: 3. Who owns what? the changing distribution of wealth; 4. The rich and their wealth; 5. The rest of the distribution: the middle class and poor; 6. Are Americans getting richer?; Part III. Wealth Accumulation: 7. The impact of social and economic trends on inequality; 8. Families and wealth inequality; 9. Wealth mobility; 10. Conclusions and implications; Appendix; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Keister, Lisa A. Keister
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.06.2000
• EAN: 9780521627511
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62751-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, macroeconomics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)