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Falling behind : how rising inequality harms the middle class / Robert H. Frank.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.Description: 148 pISBN:
  • 9780520251885 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520251881 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520252523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520252527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5/50973 22
LOC classification:
  • HT690.U6 F73 2007
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Contents:
Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Happiness and income -- Envy or context? -- Tangible costs of having low rank -- Whence positional concerns? -- Identifying positional consumption categories -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HT690.U6 F73 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000052075

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Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Happiness and income -- Envy or context? -- Tangible costs of having low rank -- Whence positional concerns? -- Identifying positional consumption categories -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks.

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