CONTENTS

Introduction

     David Cay Johnston

Insights on Inequality

OVERVIEW

     Inequality and Democracy

          President Barack Obama

     The Vanishing Middle Class

          Elizabeth Warren

     Necessaries

          Adam Smith

INCOME INEQUALITY

     How Gains at the Top Injure the Middle Class

          Robert H. Frank

     Inequality Is Holding Back the Recovery

          Joseph E. Stiglitz

     Wage Theft

          Kim Bobo

     Home Depot’s CEO-Size Tip

          Barbara Ehrenreich

     Why Do So Many Jobs Pay So Badly?

          Christopher Jencks

     In the Heart of Our Economy and Our Lives

          Beth Shulman

     Household Wealth Inequality

          Edward N. Wolff

     Inequality Across Generations

          Jared Bernstein

     “I Didn’t Do It Alone”

          Chuck Collins and Felice Yeskel

     Arthur A. Robertson and the 1929 Crash

          Studs Terkel

     Graduates v. Oligarchs

          Paul Krugman

EDUCATION

     No Rich Child Left Behind

          sean f. reardon

     Achievement Gap

          Editorial Projects of the Education Research Center

     Back to School

          Mike Rose

     Educational Quality and Equality

          Linda Darling-Hammond

HEALTH CARE INEQUALITY

     Health and Income Inequalities Are Linked

          Richard Wilkinson

     Unequal Quality of Care

          Mary E. O’Brien

     Reducing Health Care Disparities

          Olveen Carrasquillo and Jaime Torres

     Universal Health Care

          Leo W. Gerard

     U.S. Health Care Costs the Most—by Far

          David Cay Johnston

     Inequality Kills

          Stephen Bezruchka

DEBT AND POVERTY

     Jailed for Being in Debt

          Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt

     America’s Poverty “Tax”

          Gary Rivlin

     Hunger in America

          Donald S. Shepard, Elizabeth Setren, and Donna Cooper

     Georgia’s Hunger Games

          Neil deMause

     Living Down to Expectations

          Stephen Pimpare

POLICY

     How Economics Is Biased Toward the Rich

          Moshe Adler

     Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid

          Robert Kuttner

     Social Security Reduces Inequality—Efficiently, Effectively, and Fairly

          Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson

     Arguments For and Against Income Inequality

          Thomas L. Hungerford

     Inequality of Hazard

          Frank Ackerman and Lisa Heinzerling

     A Different Kind of Epidemic

          Ernest Drucker

     Prison’s Dilemma

          Glenn C. Loury

FAMILY

     Men and Their Underpaid Women

          David Cay Johnston

     Race, Gender, Family Structure, and Poverty

          Peter Edelman

     Employed Parents Who Can’t Make a Living

          Lisa Dodson

Contributors

Additional Reading

Permissions