01715cam a2200361 i 4500 296032460 TxAuBib 20120807120000.0 111207s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011048447 9781608196333 160819633X eng rda TxAuBib rda Noah, Timothy. The great divergence [BOOK] : America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it / Timothy Noah ; illustrations by Catherine Mulbrandon. America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2012. 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-248) and index. Paradise lost -- Going up -- Usual suspects -- Teeming shores -- Kudoka and Joe College -- Offshore -- Unequal government -- The fall of Detroit -- Rise of the stinking rich -- Why it matters and what to do. Critically assesses income inequality in America and the ways it threatens democracy, tracing disturbing income ratio trends throughout the past three decades while outlining an urgent call for nonpartisan solutions. 20120807. Wealth United States. Equality United States. Income distribution United States. Poverty United States. United States Economic conditions. United States Economic policy.