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Part I. Introduction

  1. How Wealth Inequality Shapes Our Future
  2. Fabian T. Pfeffer, Robert F. Schoeni
  3. pp. 2-22
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Part II. Economic Dimensions of Wealth Inequality

  1. Household Wealth Trends in the United States, 1962 to 2013: What Happened over the Great Recession?
  2. Edward N. Wolff
  3. pp. 24-43
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  1. Inequality and Mobility Using Income, Consumption, and Wealth for the Same Individuals
  2. Jonathan Fisher, David Johnson, Jonathan P. Latner, Timothy Smeeding, Jeffrey Thompson
  3. pp. 44-58
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  1. Is the U.S. Retirement System Contributing to Rising Wealth Inequality?
  2. Sebastian Devlin-Foltz, Alice Henriques, John Sabelhaus
  3. pp. 59-85
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  1. Turning Citizens into Investors: Promoting Savings with Liberty Bonds During World War I
  2. Eric Hilt, Wendy M. Rahn
  3. pp. 86-108
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Part III. Social Dimensions of Wealth Inequality

  1. Does Your Home Make You Wealthy?
  2. Alexandra Killewald, Brielle Bryan
  3. pp. 110-128
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  1. A Wealth of Inequalities: Mass Incarceration, Employment, and Racial Disparities in U.S. Household Wealth, 1996 to 2011
  2. Bryan L. Sykes, Michelle Maroto
  3. pp. 129-152
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  1. Health Shocks and Social Drift: Examining the Relationship Between Acute Illness and Family Wealth
  2. Jason Thompson, Dalton Conley
  3. pp. 153-171
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  1. Passing It On: Parent-to-Adult Child Financial Transfers for School and Socioeconomic Attainment
  2. Emily Rauscher
  3. pp. 172-196
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  1. Wealth and Inequality in the Stability of Romantic Relationships
  2. Alicia Eads, Laura Tach
  3. pp. 197-224
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Part IV. Essay

  1. Wealth and Secular Stagnation: The Role of Industrial Organization and Intellectual Property Rights
  2. Herman Mark Schwartz
  3. pp. 226-249
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