TY - BOOK AU - Noah,Timothy AU - Mulbrandon,Catherine TI - The great divergence: America's growing inequality crisis and what we can do about it SN - 9781608196333 AV - HC 110 N739g 2012 U1 - 339.2/20973 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Press KW - Income distribution KW - United States KW - Wealth KW - Poverty KW - Equality KW - Distribución del ingreso KW - Estados Unidos KW - Riqueza KW - Pobreza KW - Igualdad KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Política económica N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Paradise lost -- Going up -- Usual suspects -- Teeming shores -- Kudoka and the College Premium -- Offshore -- Unequal government -- The fall of Detroit -- Rise of the stinking rich -- Why it matters and what to do -- What to do N2 - The income gap in America has been blamed on everything from computers to immigration, but its causes and consequences call for a patient, non-partisan exploration. Noah explains not only how this "Great Divergence" has come about, but why it threatens American democracy--and most important, how we can begin to reverse it ER -