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1.

The Wealth of Man » Read Now
by Peter Jay. 373 pgs.

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The distinguished journalist & former British Ambassador to the United States offers an epic history of mankind's quest to invent, trade & make money. Black & white photos throughout.
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Wealth & Poverty » Read Now
by George Gilder. 330 pgs.

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How Rich Is Too Rich? Income and Wealth in America » Read Now
by Herbert Inhaber, Sidney Carroll. 252 pgs.

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"a new twist on the eternal question of inequitable income distribution, though they focus on wealth (accumulated income) rather than income. The authors document the dramatic disparities in the distributions of income and wealth and describe the problems these cause. Their solution, the alternative...
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"a new twist on the eternal question of inequitable income distribution, though they focus on wealth (accumulated income) rather than income. The authors document the dramatic disparities in the distributions of income and wealth and describe the problems these cause. Their solution, the alternative distribution system," is quite simple: tax inheritance rather than estates. Individuals could inherit up to $1 million tax free. Each succeeding million would be taxed at progressively higher rates. This plan, they argue, would force an estate to be distributed among more people and would cuase beneficiaries to use inheritances more vigorously and creatively.' The authors do an excellent job of making obscure economic data understandable." Booklist
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Spoiled Rotten: Affluence, Anxiety, and Social Decay in America » Read Now
by Brian Goff, Arthur A. Fleisher III. 258 pgs.

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...0-8133-3618-X hc --0-8133-9757-X pb 1. Wealth-- United States. 2. Income distribution...Politics 165 8 Combating Wealths Negative Effects 195...economic stagnation and...
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Statistical Handbook on Consumption and Wealth in the United States » Read Now
by Chandrika Kaul, Valerie Tomaselli-Moschovitis. 296 pgs.

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Analyzing the Gross National Product (GNP) and other national economic statistics is one way to look at the financial well being of a country. Another more revealing and more interesting way is to analyze the variety and amount of goods and services consumed by citizens, businesses, and the various...
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Analyzing the Gross National Product (GNP) and other national economic statistics is one way to look at the financial well being of a country. Another more revealing and more interesting way is to analyze the variety and amount of goods and services consumed by citizens, businesses, and the various levels of government. The Handbook presents a systematic and statistical portrait of consumption and wealth, allowing readers to better understand America's economic, political, and cultural landscape. This handbook focuses on the latest statistical information available on U.S. spending habits by exploring a wide range of economic, demographic, and geographic variables.
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U.S. Capitalist Development since 1776: Of, by, and for Which People? » Read Now
by Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd. 596 pgs.

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Wealth in Western Thought: The Case for and against Riches » Read Now
by Paul G. Schervish. 258 pgs.

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Based on roundtable discussions by a variety of scholars over a two-year period, these essays explore the complex and often contradictory matrix of sentiments, feelings, and beliefs that frame America's contemporary social doctrine of wealth. The seven Boston College faculty members whose writings...
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Based on roundtable discussions by a variety of scholars over a two-year period, these essays explore the complex and often contradictory matrix of sentiments, feelings, and beliefs that frame America's contemporary social doctrine of wealth. The seven Boston College faculty members whose writings comprise this volume are professors of classics, economics, ethics, history, literature, scripture, and sociology. Each scholar reviews a a range of writings and narratives that enunciate definite theses about the genesis and prospects as well as the uses and abuses of wealth. Today, as the discussion of wealth creation and distribution become framed less frequently under the rubrics of capitalism and socialism, it is propitious to examine other pieces of the debate that come to us from our Western classical, biblical, literary, and ethical traditions. The talk for and against wealth, so well articulated by Adam Smith and Karl Marx, is only one axis on which this important Western motif turns. Schervishand his contributors enable us to consult several other texts that can guide our repositioning on the controversies surrounding the moral status of wealth and the wealthy.
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The "Better Angels" of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, and Moral Identity among Men of the American Upper Class » Read Now
by Andrew Herman. 283 pgs.

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What does it mean to be a man of wealth & power? How is the "worth" of wealth translated into moral worth in the identity of wealthy men? How does this identity comprise a mythical place of masculine desire in the social imagination of the American dream? These are the central themes The "Better...
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What does it mean to be a man of wealth & power? How is the "worth" of wealth translated into moral worth in the identity of wealthy men? How does this identity comprise a mythical place of masculine desire in the social imagination of the American dream? These are the central themes The "Better Angels" of Capitalism explores. Beginning with a series of ethnographic interviews of a variety of wealthy American men, Andrew Herman draws upon diverse perspectives to present a coherent exploration of the sociopolitical implications of being wealthy in an economically unequal-& increasingly unstable-society.
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The Influence of Family Background on Education, Earnings, and Wealth, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Russell W. Rumberger. 19 pgs.

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...Background on Education, Earnings, and Wealth * RUSSELL W. RUMBERGER, Stanford...This paper examines the extent to which wealth explains the relationship between...
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Black-White Wealth Inequality: Is Inheritance the Reason?, in Economic Inquiry » Read Now
by Paul L. Menchik, Nancy Ammon Jianakoplos. 15 pgs.

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...BLACK-WHITE WEALTH INEQUALITY: IS INHERITANCE THE REASON...explain why the average difference in wealth between black and white households is...which contribute to racial...
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Increasing Inequality of Wealth?, in Public Interest » Read Now
by John C. Weicher. 11 pgs.

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...Increasing inequality of wealth? by John C. Weicher This article is about the distribution of wealth in the United States, not the distribution...income," even though all...
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Wealth and Power in America: An Analysis of Social Class and Income Distribution (1962) » Read Now
by Gabriel Kolko. 178 pgs.

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...WEALTH AND POWER IN AMERICA An Analysis of Social Class and Income Distribution Wealth and Power in America AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL CLASS...real contest. Yet in the study of...
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Wealth and Power: A Comparison of Men and Women in the Property Elite, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Ann R. Tickamyer. 19 pgs.

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...Wealth and Power: A Comparison of Men and Women in the Property...ABSTRACT This paper discusses the relationship between wealth and power, and examines the limits of this...
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Men of Wealth: The Story of Twelve Significant Fortunes from the Renaissance to the Present Day (1941) » Read Now
by John T. Flynn. 531 pgs.

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...Men of Wealth THE STORY OF TWELVE SIGNIFICANT FORTUNES...write of those figures in the history of wealth whose fortunes were, upon the whole, fairly...flourished and whose...
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The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome (1910) » Read Now
by William Stearns Davis. 362 pgs.

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Man's Worldly Goods: The Story of the Wealth of Nations » Read Now
by Leo Huberman. 396 pgs.

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