Inequality and power

This volume examines the widely perceived growing income inequality in the U.S. The author provides an explanation of the problems of economic classes and economic power in society. He demonstrates how economic thinking can function as a useful analytical and methodological tool in social research, policy making, and society in general, especially in understanding the impacts of power, class and inequality. The author shows why income inequality has grown in the past few years and looks into why it is becoming more difficult to break out of social classes and why the "American dream" is getting harder to obtain for the masses. He explains the culture surrounding these problems and how deep it is rooted in American culture. He concludes with an outline of various possible correctives.