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The Influence of Affluence - How the New Rich Are Changing America

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Rating: ★★★ Category: Books Genre: Other Author: Russ Alan Prince and Lewis Schiff This happened to be the follow-on to my reading of Robert H Frank's "Falling Behind" about the rising underclass in (American, but also much of the English-speaking developed world) society today. Could not help with the disgust and indignation boiling inside me, taking in the "do whatever they want to do, whenever and whereever they want or like to do it" mentality of the rising prevalence of the rich middle-incomers.

Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class

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Rating: ★★★★ Category: Books Genre: Other Author: Robert H. Frank In the light of the increasingly painfully widening income divide amongst the populace of this little red dot on earth, the context references crafted by the author reflect the strikingly similar circumstances faced by the the growing underclass of our nation, with respect to the author's own, who happens to be a contemporary with the current chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Prejudicial reading, framed in the perspective of the increasing income inequality of the masses, is strongly encouraged when exploring this book.