Table of Contents
Introduction David Cay Johnston ix
Insights on Inequality xix
Overview
Inequality and Democracy Barack Obama 1
The Vanishing Middle Class Elizabeth Warren 17
Necessaries Adam Smith 30
Income Inequality
How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class Robert H. Frank 35
Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery Joseph E. Stiglitz 44
Wage Theft Kim Bobo 50
Home Depot's CEO-Size Tip Barbara Ehrenreich 65
Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly? Christopher Jencks 67
In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives Beth Shulman 75
Household Wealth Inequality Edward N. Wolff 90
Inequality Across Generations Jared Bernstein 97
"I Didn't Do It Alone" Chuck Collins Felice Yeskel 100
Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash Studs Terkel 108
Graduates v. Oligarchs Paul Krugman 115
Education
No Rich Child Left Behind sean f. reardon 123
Achievement Gap: Editorial Projects of the Education Research Center 130
Back to School Mike Rose 136
Educational Quality and Equality Linda Darling-Hammond 153
Health Care Inequality
Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked Richard Wilkinson 161
Unequal Quality of Care Mary E. O'Brien 165
Reducing Health Care Disparities Olveen Carrasquillo Jaime Torres 173
Universal Health Care Leo W. Gerard 180
U.S. Health Care Costs the Most-by Far David Cay Johnston 185
Inequality Kills Stephen Bezruchka 190
Debt and Poverty
Jailed for Being in Debt Chris Serres Glenn Howatt 203
America's Poverty "Tax" Gary Rivlin 211
Hunger in America Donald S. Shepard Elizabeth Setren Donna Cooper 215
Georgia's Hunger Games Neil deMause 219
Living Down to Expectations Stephen Pimpare 226
Policy
How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich Moshe Adler 235
Don't Drink the Kool-Aid Robert Kuttner 246
Social Security Reduces Inequality-Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly Nancy Altman Eric Kingson 250
Arguments For and Against Income Inequality Thomas L. Hungerford 260
Inequality of Hazard Frank Ackerman Lisa Heinzerling 264
A Different Kind of Epidemic Ernest Drucker 273
Prison's Dilemma Glenn C. Loury 284
Family
Men and Their Underpaid Women David Cay Johnston 291
Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty Peter Edelman 295
Employed Parents Who Can't Make a Living Lisa Dodson 305
Contributors 313
Additional Reading 319
Permissions 321