The crisis of the middle-class constitution why economic inequality threatens our republic
"Argues that America's strong and sizable middle class is actually embedded in the framework of the nation's government and its founding document and discusses the necessity of taking equality-establishing measures,"--NoveList.
| Main Author: | Sitaraman, Ganesh (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. The radicalism of the American Constitution. From Athens to America : the two traditions ; America's middle-class constitution
- Part II. A brief history of the middle-class constitution. The emergence of the plutocracy ; The search for solutions
- Part III. The crisis of the middle-class constitution. How economic inequality threatens the Republic ; The future of the middle-class constitution.