The Resource Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future, Thomas M. Shapiro
Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future, Thomas M. Shapiro
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- Summary
- "Since the Great Recession, most Americans' standard of living has stagnated or declined. Economic inequality is at historic highs. But inequality's impact differs by race; African Americans' net wealth is just a tenth that of white Americans, and over recent decades, white families have accumulated wealth at three times the rate of black families. In our increasingly diverse nation, sociologist Thomas M. Shapiro argues, wealth disparities must be understood in tandem with racial inequities--a dangerous combination he terms "toxic inequality." In Toxic Inequality, Shapiro reveals how these forces combine to trap families in place. Following nearly two hundred families of different races and income levels over a period of twelve years, Shapiro's research vividly documents the recession's toll on parents and children, the ways families use assets to manage crises and create opportunities, and the real reasons some families build wealth while others struggle in poverty. The structure of our neighborhoods, workplaces, and tax code--much more than individual choices--push some forward and hold others back. A lack of assets, far more common in families of color, can often ruin parents' careful plans for themselves and their children. Toxic inequality may seem inexorable, but it is not inevitable. America's growing wealth gap and its yawning racial divide have been forged by history and preserved by policy, and only bold, race-conscious reforms can move us toward a more just society."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Dreams deferred and derailed
- Wealth matters
- Inequality at home
- Inequality at work
- The inheritance advantage
- The hidden hand of government
- Forward to equity
- Isbn
- 9781541698673
- Label
- Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future
- Title
- Toxic inequality
- Title remainder
- how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas M. Shapiro
- Subject
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- Economic history
- Empirische Sozialforschung
- Equality
- Equality -- United States
- Income distribution
- Income distribution -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Racism
- 2000-2099
- Rassendiskriminierung
- Social conditions
- Soziale Mobilität
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Sozialstruktur
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Racism -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics | Macroeconomics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Since the Great Recession, most Americans' standard of living has stagnated or declined. Economic inequality is at historic highs. But inequality's impact differs by race; African Americans' net wealth is just a tenth that of white Americans, and over recent decades, white families have accumulated wealth at three times the rate of black families. In our increasingly diverse nation, sociologist Thomas M. Shapiro argues, wealth disparities must be understood in tandem with racial inequities--a dangerous combination he terms "toxic inequality." In Toxic Inequality, Shapiro reveals how these forces combine to trap families in place. Following nearly two hundred families of different races and income levels over a period of twelve years, Shapiro's research vividly documents the recession's toll on parents and children, the ways families use assets to manage crises and create opportunities, and the real reasons some families build wealth while others struggle in poverty. The structure of our neighborhoods, workplaces, and tax code--much more than individual choices--push some forward and hold others back. A lack of assets, far more common in families of color, can often ruin parents' careful plans for themselves and their children. Toxic inequality may seem inexorable, but it is not inevitable. America's growing wealth gap and its yawning racial divide have been forged by history and preserved by policy, and only bold, race-conscious reforms can move us toward a more just society."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shapiro, Thomas M
- Dewey number
- 339.4/60973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HC110.P6
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Poverty
- Income distribution
- Equality
- Racism
- United States
- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Economic history
- Equality
- Income distribution
- Poverty
- Racism
- Social conditions
- United States
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Soziale Mobilität
- Rassendiskriminierung
- Sozialstruktur
- Empirische Sozialforschung
- USA
- Label
- Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future, Thomas M. Shapiro
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dreams deferred and derailed -- Wealth matters -- Inequality at home -- Inequality at work -- The inheritance advantage -- The hidden hand of government -- Forward to equity
- Control code
- 966436491
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781541698673
- Lccn
- 2016058087
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40027019255
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- fc209eda-f655-4523-b1f3-706965e222ea
- Publisher number
- EB00700553
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)966436491
- Label
- Toxic inequality : how America's wealth gap destroys mobility, deepens the racial divide, & threatens our future, Thomas M. Shapiro
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-252) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Dreams deferred and derailed -- Wealth matters -- Inequality at home -- Inequality at work -- The inheritance advantage -- The hidden hand of government -- Forward to equity
- Control code
- 966436491
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781541698673
- Lccn
- 2016058087
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027019255
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- fc209eda-f655-4523-b1f3-706965e222ea
- Publisher number
- EB00700553
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)966436491
Subject
- Economic history
- Empirische Sozialforschung
- Equality
- Equality -- United States
- Income distribution
- Income distribution -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Racism
- 2000-2099
- Rassendiskriminierung
- Social conditions
- Soziale Mobilität
- Soziale Ungleichheit
- Sozialstruktur
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Racism -- United States
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics | Macroeconomics
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