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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Cox, W. Michael. Myths of rich & poor. New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c1999 (OCoLC)654295052 |
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| 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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