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How Wealth Inequality Shapes Our Future

Fabian T. Pfeffer, Robert F. Schoeni
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2016, 2 (6) 2-22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.01
Fabian T. Pfeffer
aResearch assistant professor at the Institute for Social Research and assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan
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bResearch professor at the Institute for Social Research and professor of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan
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How Wealth Inequality Shapes Our Future
Fabian T. Pfeffer, Robert F. Schoeni
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Oct 2016, 2 (6) 2-22; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.01
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    • WEALTH TRANSMISSION AND RACE
    • THE FAR REACH OF WEALTH INEQUALITY
    • BACKGROUND AND GOALS OF THIS ISSUE
    • WEALTH INEQUALITY AS AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONCERN
    • WEALTH INEQUALITY TODAY AND IN THE PAST
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