Robert Pollin of University of Massachusetts, Amherst reviews “Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age” by Larry M. Bartels,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines the validity of many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Discusses the new Gilded Age; the partisan political economy; class politics and partisan change; partisan biases in economic accountability; whether Americans care about inequality; when Homer gets a tax cut; the strange appeal of estate tax repeal; the eroding minimum wage; economic inequality and political representation; and unequal democracy. Bartels is Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University. Index.”
