What accounts for the rise in income inequality since the 1970s? According to most economists, the answer lies in structural changes in the economy - in particular, technological changes that have raised the demand for highly skilled workers and thereby boosted their pay. Opposing this...

Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history: Finance has become America's dominant industry, while manufacturing has nearly disappeared. The financial sector has become increasingly criminalized, with...

"What principled business leaders can do to solve America's current financial crisis Broke is a startling wake-up call for America and an honest accounting of what our future holds if we don't take charge and change our country for the better. If the business of America is business, then it's up...

Preface -- Introduction -- The current rules -- More market power, less competition -- The growth of the financial sector -- The "shareholder revolution", the rise of ceo pay, and the squeezing of workers -- Lower taxes for the wealthy -- The end of full-employment monetary policy -- The...

Machine generated contents note: List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Paving the High Road; Closing the Low Road -- Part I-European Social Democracy Points Toward the High Road -- 1 Social Citizenship: Lessons from Sweden -- 2 Associative Democracy: Lessons from Europe's German...