{"product_id":"plutocracy-in-america-9781421417400","title":"Plutocracy in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis data-driven book offers insight into the fallacy of widespread opportunity, the fate of the middle class, and the mechanisms that perpetuate income disparity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormisano has written an obituary for a way of American life that is coming to an end. Times Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Web of Inequality\u003cbr\u003eThe Founders' Vision\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Think They Live in Sweden\u003cbr\u003eThe Middle Class and Poverty\u003cbr\u003eRising Public Awareness\u003cbr\u003eThe Great Recession\u003cbr\u003eSome Are More Unequal Than Others\u003cbr\u003e2. The Myth of Opportunity\u003cbr\u003eMobility\u003cbr\u003eEducation\u003cbr\u003eThe For-Profits\u003cbr\u003eEating Tuition\u003cbr\u003eRise of the Adjuncts\u003cbr\u003eDeath of a Contingent\u003cbr\u003e3. The Shrinking Middle Class\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Decade\u003cbr\u003eThe Geographic Dimension\u003cbr\u003eRunning in Place and Falling Behind\u003cbr\u003eJobs and Wages\u003cbr\u003eWage-Productivity Gap\u003cbr\u003e\" Why Screwing Unions Screws the Entire Middle Class\"\u003cbr\u003eStaying Afloat \/ Sinking in the New Economy\u003cbr\u003e4. Keeping the Rich (Filthy) Rich and the Poor (Dirt) Poor\u003cbr\u003eRent Seeking and George Washington Plunkitt\u003cbr\u003eTwo Tax Systems\u003cbr\u003eCorporate Taxes and CEO Compensation\u003cbr\u003eThe 47 Percent\u003cbr\u003eKeeping the Poor Poor\u003cbr\u003eMinimum-Wage Welfare Queens\u003cbr\u003e5. Inequality, Life, and Quality of Life\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of Two Counties\u003cbr\u003eStruggling to Make Ends Meet\u003cbr\u003eFood Insecurity, or Hunger amid Moocher Agribusiness\u003cbr\u003eInequality and Health\u003cbr\u003eTwo Americas?\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003cbr\u003eAffluenza versus the \"Hidden Prosperity of the Poor\"\u003cbr\u003e6. Political Inequality\u003cbr\u003eParticipation and Citizens United\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Polarization\u003cbr\u003eDisenfranchisement\u003cbr\u003eThe Assault on Voting\u003cbr\u003eThe Assault on Voting, Continued\u003cbr\u003ePrisons and Felons\u003cbr\u003eDeferred Maintenance and Inequality\u003cbr\u003e7. The Fracturing of America\u003cbr\u003eAmericans Do Care about Inequality\u003cbr\u003eThe Founders Cared about Inequality\u003cbr\u003ePublic Opinion\u003cbr\u003eThe Constitutional Stacked Deck\u003cbr\u003eThe Decline of \"the Commons\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAntipoverty Programs\u003cbr\u003eThe Undeserving Poor\u003cbr\u003eThe Undeserving Rich\u003cbr\u003ePlutocracy on the March, Democracy Trampled Underfoot\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408116621655,"sku":"9781421417400","price":18.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421417400.jpg?v=1730501646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plutocracy-in-america-9781421417400","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}