Falling behind [electronic resource] : how rising inequality harms the middle class / Robert H. Frank ; with a new preface.
Series: Aaron Wildavsky forum for public policy ; 4.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.Description: xxvi, 148 p. : illISBN:- 9780520251885 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520251881 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520252523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0520252527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780520280526
- 9780520957435 (e-book)
- 305.5/50973 22
- HT690.U6 F73 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-140) and index.
Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Inequality, happiness, and health -- Envy or context? -- The rising cost of adequate -- Why do we care about rank? -- What types of consumption are most sensitive to context? -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Reflections.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.