The Divide: American Justice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Matt Taibbi (Spiegel & Grau, 2014)
Rolling Stone journalist uses anecdotal evidence to explore how economic status changes the way in which criminal are treated in American society.
We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante
Eve Pell (State University of New York Press, 2009)
A refugee from America’s most privileged 400 looks back at a difficult life under great fortune’s shadow.
This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation
Barbara Ehrenreich (Henry Holt & Company, 2008)
Engrossing scenes from America’s ever more unequal daily life.
Love the Work, Hate the Job
David Kusnet (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2008)
In their rush for jackpots, America’s top corporate executives are doing intolerable damage to enterprise well-being. Who says? America’s professionals!
