The Rise of the Super-Rich: Power Resources, Taxes, Financial Markets, and the Dynamics of the Top 1 Percent, 1949 to 2008

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 679-699

  Volscho, Thomas W ^a   Kelly, Nathan J ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

economy; inequalities; neo liberalism; social class

Indexed keywords

CLASS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; STOCK MARKET; TAX SYSTEM; TRADE UNION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867023942     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122412458508     Document Type: Article

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