{"product_id":"consumption-and-social-welfare-living-standards-and-their-distribution-in-the-united-states-paperback-9780521021760","title":"Consumption and Social Welfare; Living Standards and their Distribution in the United States (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521021760","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConsumption and Social Welfare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiving Standards and their Distribution in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsumption-based explanation of the growth of living standards and the decrease in inequality and poverty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel T. Slesnick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521021760, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 88 b\/w illus.  20 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"but the book certaninly will whet the appetite\"   CHOICE Dec 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe most widely cited social welfare statistics in the United States are based on tabulations of family income. The picture that emerges gives cause for concern: median family income has hardly changed over the last twenty-five years while inequality has increased and poverty remains persistently high. Yet consumption-based statistics as employed in this work yield rigorous and quite different estimates of real individual and social welfare. Closely linked to economic theory, Professor Slesnick's examination of standards of living, inequality, and poverty reveal that the standard of US living has grown significantly while inequality and poverty have decreased to relatively low levels. His assessment is drawn from extended period data in order to chart long-run trends. The work will be of interest to economists, sociologists, economic historians, political scientists, and other readers in the social and policy sciences. Designed to be accessible to non-economists, technical details are relegated to appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Measuring economic welfare\u003cbr\u003e 3. An initial look at the data\u003cbr\u003e 4. The cost of living\u003cbr\u003e 5. The standard of living\u003cbr\u003e 6. Inequality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Poverty in America\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Public finance [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Public finance\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Public%20finance%20%5BKFFD%5D%22\"\u003eKFFD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006163898648,"sku":"9780521021760","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521021760i.jpg?v=1694963534","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/consumption-and-social-welfare-living-standards-and-their-distribution-in-the-united-states-paperback-9780521021760","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}