Inequality in America

Author: Uri Dadush
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Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
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ISBN: 0815724217
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Inequality in America: Facts, Trends, and International Perspectives

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Inequality in America provides a snapshot of the issues posed by growing economic disparity, focusing particularly on America but drawing on international comparisons to help set the context. The authors examine the economic, technological, and political drivers of inequality as well as identify worrying trends associated with its rise, making the issues surrounding income distribution accessible to a wider public.

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There is wide agreement across the political spectrum that high inequality is contributing to undesirable circumstances such as stagnated median household income, rising poverty rates, and increased borrowing and debt; though there is much less agreement on remedies.

Inequality in America provides a snapshot of the issues posed by growing economic disparity, focusing particularly on America but drawing on international comparisons to help set the context. The authors examine the economic, technological, and political drivers of inequality as well as identify worrying trends associated with its rise, making the issues surrounding income distribution accessible to a wider public.

The authors, each affiliated with Brookings or the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, demonstrate how specific factors have exacerbated income inequality, including technological change, international trade, changes in labor market participation, and the increasing role of the financial sector.

"Tackling the worst effects of inequality and reestablishing a measure of equal opportunity requires increased investment in crucial public goods, beginning with education, a more progressive and simplified tax system, and increased international cooperation to avoid a race to the bottom. Such policies are pursued by other high-performing advanced countries and can be shaped in a way that is fully consistent with an efficient and competitive American economy."

Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Increase of Inequality in the United States

3. Three Other Worrying Trends Associated with Rising Inequality

4. The Causes of Rising Inequality

5. Policy, Politics, and Inequality

6. What Can Be Done?

7. Concluding Remarks