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| The Wealth Inequality Reader, 2nd Edition | 
 enlarge | Creators: Dollars & Sense, United For A Fair Economy
Publisher: Dollars & Sense
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 653534
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 187858569X
EAN: 9781878585691
ASIN: 187858569X
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
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Product Description
Wealth is distributed more unequally in the United States today than at any time since the twenties. Does it matter? The authors of the The Wealth Inequality Reader answer this question with a resounding yes. In the thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, thirty-eight substantive, engaging essays explore the hidden vector of welath inequality: its causes, its consequences, and strategies for change. Plus, an illustrated overview offers the latest statistics on wealth inequality in a series of one-page snapshots. The essential reader on wealth inequality, this book is a must-have for both activists and scholars. Preface by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
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 short light reading February 22, 2006
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
This book is appropriate for high school students, maybe even middle school. Undergrads might want to get something more ambitious without cartoony pictures and constant stats of wealth inequality. The essays here rarely take a critical look.
 if you're a skeptic of the way capitalism works, read it April 16, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was actually well written and very informative. It is very critical of capitalism and seeks ways nearing the end of it to reform advanced capitalism. There are charts in it which makes viewing wealth gaps easy to grasp and there is a lot of information on anything relevant to wealth itself (i.e. stocks, credit, etc.) I used it for a class and learned a lot and still refer to it. I only give it a 4 because it is different essays by many different people and there were a few I could have done without reading, but for the most part it's worth a read.
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