Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay - Hardcover

E.J. Dionne "Author of "Why Americans Hate Politics" and "They Only Look Dead"Jamie Galbraith revels in challenging the cliches of economics, and he does so with vigor, rigor, brilliance, and grace. In "Created Unequal," he forces us to move beyond our highest hopes for a more just society and requires us to confront the causes of inequality and the choices, some of them difficult, that greater fairness may demand.

In "Created Unequal," Galbraith explains the relationship between economic policy and the structure of pay. He shows why 'knowledge' workers have done well and why service workers have not; why customer industries have lost ground and why the true service economy is smaller than you think. Whether you are in the aircraft industry (rich) or the garment business (poor), medicine (up-and-coming despite HMOs) or residential construction (in deep decline), you will be surprised and provoked by his findings. Most of all, Galbraith gives us hope that we can reclaim our country through economic understanding, common-sense policy, and political action.