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Is the gap between rich and poor growing? / Robert Sims, book editor. - Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, 2006. - 107 p. ; 24 cm.

Economic inequality has accelerated / Paul Krugman -- Reports of economic inequality are greatly exaggerated / Robert Rector -- There is still a wide economic gap between African Americans and whites / John A. Foster-Bey -- African Americans are thriving economically / Steve Miller -- American families suffer from growing economic instability / Jacob S. Hacker -- Income inequality obstructs social and economic mobility / Charles R. Morris -- Income inequailty does not lead to greater poverty / Jonah Goldberg -- Income inequality benefits American society / Christopher J. Coyne -- Personal choices increase the gap between the rich and poor / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Marital status separates the rich from the poor / Jonathan Rauch -- Capitalist democracies create growing inequality / Ian Shapiro -- Forced economic redistribution would cause greater long-term poverty / Kevin A. Hassett.

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Rich people--United States.
Poor--United States.
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