Never Enough : Capitalism and the Progressive Spirit.

Intro -- Never Enough -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Progressive Spirit -- Poverty -- 2. Poverty Amid Abundance -- 3. No Longer a Massive Affliction: Are You Blind? -- Inequality -- 4. The Root of All Evil -- 5. Inequality Amid Abundance: What's the Harm? -- Social Mobility -- 6. Social Mobility: Going Up and Coming Down -- 7. The Arc and Ladder of Social Mobility -- Universalism -- 8. Taxing and Spending -- 9. From Cradle to Grave -- Conclusion -- 10. The Social Compass of Progressive Conservatism -- Notes -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Never Enough challenges the prevailing assumptions about the decline of middle-class prosperity, opportunity, and material well-being in the United States. In a careful reading of the evidence and a critical analysis of its implications, Gilbert demonstrates the extent to which the customary progressive claims about the severity of poverty, inequality, social mobility, and the benefits of universalism not only distort the empirical reality of modern life in an era of abundance, but confound efforts to help those most in need.

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