The Great Divergence: America's Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do about It
by:
Timothy Noah (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781608196340 (1608196348)
Publish date: April 24th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Edition language: English
This book is this article expanded into book form. It was an interesting read, and I did learn some things, like the fact that FDR wanted to institute a maximum wage as well as a minimum wage. But you can get the salient points from the article. The most important thing I think is missing from hi...
I found this book most interesting for Noah's discussions of economic history to put contemporary issues in context. Most impressive is the argument he presents about the direct correlation between the rise of strong labor unions and the growth of the middle class, and the obvious relationship betwe...
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