{"product_id":"uneasy-street-9780691191904","title":"Uneasy Street","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We don’t know as much about affluent people as we think we do. Caricatures abound, but the socioeconomically lucky don’t often offer themselves up for study. That all changed with Rachel Sherman’s \u003ci\u003eUneasy Street\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . With each reading, I’m a little more unsettled, in the best possible way.”\u003cb\u003e—Ron Lieber, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There have been many cogent analyses of income inequality. Sociologist Rachel Sherman’s welcome addition probes the psychology and socio-economics of affluence.”\u003cb\u003e—Barb Kiser, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sherman takes a dispassionate approach to find out how those who are `benefitting from rising economic inequality’ experience `their own social advantages.’ She elicits her subjects’ thoughts about work and productivity, charitable giving, marital discord and more. Worthwhile humanizing ensues, as do plenty of squirm-inducing moments.”\u003cb\u003e—John Williams, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sherman offers something new and surprising: a look inside the 1 per cent’s minds. . . . She shifts our understanding of today’s dominant class.”\u003cb\u003e—Simon Kuper, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403874902359,"sku":"9780691191904","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691191904.jpg?v=1730484768","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uneasy-street-9780691191904","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}