TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Robert H.
TI  - Falling behind: how rising inequality harms the middle class 
SN  - 9780520251885 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HT690.U6 F73 2007
U1  - 305.5/50973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Classes moyennes
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - Conditions âeconomiques
KW  - Revenu
KW  - Râepartition
KW  - Consommation (âEconomie politique)
KW  - Inâegalitâe sociale
KW  - Aspect âeconomique
N1  - Bibliogr; Introduction -- Recent changes in income and wealth inequality -- Happiness and income -- Envy or context? -- Tangible costs of having low rank -- Whence positional concerns? -- Identifying positional consumption categories -- How can middle-class families afford to keep up? -- Smart for one, dumb for all -- Looking ahead -- Lessons for public policy -- Concluding remarks
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026248.html
ER  -