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" Creating an opportunity society / "
Ron Haskins, Isabel Sawhill.
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BL
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970899
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b725269
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Haskins, Ron.
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| Title & Author
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Creating an opportunity society /\ Ron Haskins, Isabel Sawhill.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xiii, 347 pages) :: illustrations
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0815703937
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: 1282403621
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: 9780815703938
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: 9781282403628
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: 9786612403620
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0815703228
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9780815703228
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher.
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Social classes-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Social mobility-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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Economic policy.
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Social classes-- Economic aspects.
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Social mobility.
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Social Classes.
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United States, Economic policy, 21st century.
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United States, Social policy, 21st century.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.5/13
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HN90.S65H35 2009
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Sawhill, Isabel V.
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