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Myths of rich & poor : why we're better off than we think

Author: W Michael Cox; Richard Alm
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st ed
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Dismantling dozens of firmly-held beliefs, Cox and Alm show that: "Real income" is an unreliable measure of living standards. Real wealth - the lifestyle Americans routinely enjoy - has skyrocketed; the poor have not gotten poorer. In fact, the average family living below the poverty line today is doing as well or better, in terms of material possessions, as middle-class families in 1971; corporate downsizing creates
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Cox, W. Michael.
Myths of rich & poor.
New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c1999
(OCoLC)654295052
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: W Michael Cox; Richard Alm
ISBN: 046504784X 9780465047840 0465047831 9780465047833
OCLC Number: 40606751
Description: xvi, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Myths about income and living standards --
ch. 1. Waking up to good times --
ch. 2. New and improved --
ch. 3. Time for symphonies and softball --
ch. 4. By our own bootstraps --
ch. 5. Still on top of the world --
pt. 2. Myths about jobs --
ch. 6. Upside of downsizing --
ch. 7. Somebody always flipped hamburgers --
ch. 8. Economy at light speed --
ch. 9. Great American growth machine.
Other Titles: Myths of rich and poor
Responsibility: W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm.

Abstract:

Dismantling dozens of firmly-held beliefs, Cox and Alm show that: "Real income" is an unreliable measure of living standards. Real wealth - the lifestyle Americans routinely enjoy - has skyrocketed; the poor have not gotten poorer. In fact, the average family living below the poverty line today is doing as well or better, in terms of material possessions, as middle-class families in 1971; corporate downsizing creates jobs in the long run; income mobility is alive and well.

Of people at the bottom fifth of the income distribution in 1975, almost 3 in 10 were in the top fifth by 1991; and America's trade deficit is a sign of strength. We can afford to import more than we export because America is such an attractive haven for overseas investments.

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