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The Prosperity Gap: Why Americans Are Falling Behind: A Book-and-Poster Set on the Decline in American Living Standards
The Prosperity Gap Why Americans Are Falling Behind A BookandPoster Set on the Decline in American Living Standards Author:Edith Rasell, Barry Bluestone, Lawrence Mishel, David Webster A bold and graphic rendering of declining living standards and growing inequalities in a book-and-poster format. Striking and informative, The Prosperity Gap uses the immediate impact of a poster format to illustrate the "whys" behind the decline in living standards experienced by the typical American family. It shows that the usual culprits bla... more »med for households' financial ills -- taxes, big government, inflation, U.S. wages that cannot compete, and poorly trained workers -- have little if anything to do with today's problem. The real source is the insistence of big business on short-term profits, which in turn leads to falling wages and a decline in job stability. Precise, concise, and readable, this poster and sixty-four-page booklet, with more than fifty charts and graphs, bring together data on income, wealth, race, and marital and occupational status to provide a lively and accessible picture of the decline in American economic growth along with essential prescriptions for change.« less