1st Edition
Ending Extreme Inequality An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty
By Scott Myers-Lipton
Copyright 2015
200 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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Poverty and inequality are at record levels. Today, forty-seven million Americans live in poverty, while the median is in decline. The top 20 percent now controls 89 percent of all wealth. These conditions have renewed demands for a new economic Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by F. D. Roosevelt, Truman and Martin Luther King, Jr. The new Economic Bill of Rights has a coherent plan and proclaims... Read more
1 The Right to a Job: The First Amendment 2 The Right to a Living Wage: The Second Amendment 3 The Right to a Decent Home: The Third Amendment 4 The Right to a Good Education: The Fourth Amendment 5 The Right to Adequate Medical Care: The Fifth Amendment 6 The Right to Adequate Protection from Economic Fears of Old Age, Sickness, Accident, and Unemployment: The Sixth Amendment
Biography
Scott J. Myers-Lipton
"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the growing problems of inequality and poverty who is seeking realistic options for what can be done about it. Ending Extreme Inequality is a refreshing look at the problems of inequality and poverty in the U.S. that offers viable solutions in an easy-to-read and engaging way."— Dr. Clayton D. Peoples, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
