Creating an opportunity society /
Ron Haskins, Isabel Sawhill.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
- xiii, 347 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-335) and index.
"Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher.
9780815703228 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815703228
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Social mobility--United States. Social classes--Economic aspects--United States. Social Movilidad--Estados Unidos. Las Clases Sociales--Aspectos Económicos--Estados Unidos.
United States--Economic policy--21st century. United States--Social policy--21st century.