Wealth and Want / / Stanley Lebergott.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Lebergott, Stanley,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1723
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

There exist eight reliable ways to increase poverty and the United States is now pursuing seven of them, according to Lebergott. His provocative examination of income and wealth in this country reveals the impossibility of ending poverty permanently without changing American capitalism beyond recognition.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CAN AMERICAN CAPITALISM END POVERTY? -- ON CONFISCATION -- THE SUBMERGED TENTH: COLOR AND ETHNIC GROUP INCOMES, 1900-1970 -- A CENTURY OF GUARANTEED INCOME IN THE U.S. -- THE MINIMUM BUDGET: FROM "DECENCY" TO "SCIENCE" -- POVERTY AND STARVATION -- GNP AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN: LONG-TERM TRENDS IN U.S. REAL INCOMES -- DISCRIMINATION AND POVERTY -- WHAT INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS MEAN -- THE CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH: SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ETHICS -- THE NOUVEAU RICHE AND UPWARD MOBILITY -- ARE THE RICH GETTING RICHER? TRENDS IN U.S. WEALTH CONCENTRATION -- INDEX -- Backmatter