Money: Who Has How Much and Why: Who Has How Much and Why
Andrew Hacker
Jun 1997 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Cotter Smith
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On the publication of Andrew Hacker's instant classic and bestselling Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, Newsweek described him as a "political scientist doing with statistics what Fred Astaire did with hats, canes, and chairs. he doesn't crunch numbers: he makes them live and breathe." Now, with the same keen, objective insight and wizardry with numbers, Hacker tackles the other emotionally charged issue that most preoccupies us, wealth and its distribution.
In MONEY, Hacker sifts through reams of data to answer the questions we most frequently ask about money:
Have women made real strides toward economic parity?
Has affirmative action improved the economic status of African Americans?
Does immigration really take jobs away from hardworking Americans?
Hacker's answers are surprising and fascinating, illuminating the financial condition of every strata of America. Shattering all the taboos we have on the subjects of wealth, poverty, and worth, MONEY is essential listening for anyone who wants to know more about their slice of the American pie.
In MONEY, Hacker sifts through reams of data to answer the questions we most frequently ask about money:
Have women made real strides toward economic parity?
Has affirmative action improved the economic status of African Americans?
Does immigration really take jobs away from hardworking Americans?
Hacker's answers are surprising and fascinating, illuminating the financial condition of every strata of America. Shattering all the taboos we have on the subjects of wealth, poverty, and worth, MONEY is essential listening for anyone who wants to know more about their slice of the American pie.
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Jennifer Graziano
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June 16, 2025
Money in calculation quantities defines worth before and after equities exist from purchase. Banking is for the budget schedule money has. Proof that retirement begins at any age from an expert source; is a social security benefit requirement. It's also mandatory for becoming millionaire; who invest in real estate; are savings account bankers, spend with economic experience and guard debt topics of money. Loans are in the word itself; however, that is the limit to asset sharing. There is no borrow money; only taking an offer to gain strategy experience shares. Invested stock and bond give a portfolio a class to live in.
About the author
Andrew Hacker is a professor of political science at Queens College in New York City. His books include Downfall: The Demise of a President and His Party, Two Nations, Higher Education?, and The Math Myth. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Time, and Fortune, among other periodicals. Mr. Hacker lives in New York City.
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