This updated edition of the widely touted Economic Apartheid in America looks at the causes and manifestations of wealth disparities in the United States, including tax policy in light of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and recent corporate scandals. Published with two leading organisations dedicated to addressing economic inequality, the book looks at recent changes in income and wealth distribution and examines the economic policies and shifts in power that have fuelled the growing divide. Economic Apartheid in America provides much-needed groundwork for more democratic discussion and participation in economic life. With a wealth of eye-opening data focusing on the decline or organised labour and civic institutions, the battle over global trade, and the growing inequality of income and wages, it argues that most Americans are shut out of the discussion of the rules governing their economic lives. Accessible and engaging and illustrated throughout with charts, graphs and political cartoons, the book lays out a comprehensive plan for action.

Author Biography

Chuck Collins is Senior Program Developer at United for a Fair Economy a researcher at Class Action. He is the co-author with Bill Gates Sr. of Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why American Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes and several other books on inequality, housing policy and social change philanthropy. Felice Yeskel is the Co-Director of Class Action. For over 25 years she has written, organized, educated and consulted on issues of class, race, and other multicultural issues. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Social Justice Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Collins and Yeskel are co-founders of United for a Fair Economy and Responsible Wealth live in Massachusetts.