<div>&ldquo;America&rsquo;s foremost opponent of inequality brilliantly shows how the 1 percent rigged the rules, looted the country, and got the ninety-nine percent to pay for it.&rdquo;&mdash;Juliet Schor, author of Born to Buy Over recent decades, we&rsquo;ve seen a radical redistribution of wealth upward to a tiny fraction of the population. In this book, activist Chuck Collins explains how it happened and marshals wide-ranging data to show exactly what the ninety-nine to one percent divide means in the real world and the damage it causes to individuals, businesses, and the earth. Most important, he answers the burning question: What can be done about it? He offers a common-sense guide to bringing about a society that works for everyone: the hundred percent. This is a struggle that can be won. After all, the odds are ninety-nine to one in our favor. &ldquo;This riveting tale of America as two cities will stay with you for years to come and&mdash;watch out! It may rouse you to action on the solutions that Collins spells out with perfect precision.&rdquo; &mdash;Charles Derber, author of The Pursuit of Attention</div>

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<div>Facts, figures, and essays on women and poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich, Kirsten Gillibrand, LeBron James, and other high-profile contributors. Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson called for a War on Poverty and enlisted Sargent Shriver to oversee it, the most important social issue of our day is once again the dire economic straits of millions of Americans. One in three live in poverty or teeter on the brink&mdash;and seventy million are women and the children who depend on them. The fragile economic status of millions of American women is the shameful secret of the modern era&mdash;yet these women are also our greatest hope for change, and our nation&rsquo;s greatest undervalued asset. The Shriver Report: A Woman&rsquo;s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink asks&mdash;and answers&mdash;big questions. Why are millions of women financially vulnerable when others have made such great progress? Why are millions of women struggling to make ends meet even though they are hard at work? What is it about our nation&mdash;government, business, family, and even women themselves&mdash;that drives women to the financial brink? And what is at stake? To forge a path forward, this book brings together a power-packed roster of big thinkers and talented contributors, in a volume that combines academic research, personal reflections, authentic photojournalism, groundbreaking poll results, and insights from frontline workers; political, religious, and business leaders; and major celebrities&mdash;all focused on a single issue of national importance: women and the economy. &ldquo;A startling wake-up call for policymakers and anyone hoping to survive a culture that siphons wealth upward to a very powerful few.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist Contributors include: Carol Gilligan, PhD * Barbara Ehrenreich * Beyonc&eacute; Knowles-Carter * LeBron James * Anne-Marie Slaughter * Kirsten Gillibrand * Hillary Rodham Clinton * Tory Burch * Sister Joan Chittister * Arne Duncan * Kathleen Sibelius * Howard Schultz * and more!</div>

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<div>The classic work on women&rsquo;s health and how the medical establishment helped to justify sexism, by the authors of Witches, Midwives, and Nurses.From Barbara Ehrenrich, New York Times-bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Bright-Sided, and other titles, and Deirdre English, former editor of Mother Jones, this book delves into the history of how women have been diagnosed, defined, and often dismissed, by doctors, a problem that persists even today. From claiming scientific proof of female inferiority to prescribing the &ldquo;rest cure&rdquo; to labeling patients as &ldquo;hysterical,&rdquo; the medical profession treated women as weak and pathological&mdash;and here, the authors of the &ldquo;underground classic&rdquo; Witches, Midwives, and Nurses (Kirkus Reviews) show how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, as well as how its vestiges are still evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles.</div>

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<div>Essays on the dangers of the wealth and income gap, collected by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of It&rsquo;s Even Worse Than You Think. This collection includes writings by a wide range of voices&mdash;including Adam Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Ehrenreich, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Studs Terkel, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, and David Cay Johnston&mdash;illuminating the reality of economic inequality in America, where in spite of the fury that followed the 2008 financial crisis, little has to been done to address the gulf between the one percent and the ninety-nine percent. Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist David Cay Johnston explains that in this most unequal of developed nations, every aspect of inequality remains hotly contested and poorly understood. These writings, from leading scholars, journalists, and activists, offers a multifaceted look at the problem, exploring its devastating&mdash;and dangerous&mdash;implications in areas as diverse as education, justice, health care, social mobility, and political representation. Provocative and eminently readable, here is an essential resource for anyone who cares about the future of America&mdash;and compelling evidence that inequality can be ignored only at the nation&rsquo;s peril.</div>

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