Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007; London: Allen Lane, 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index
The way we were -- The long Gilded Age -- The great compression -- The politics of the welfare state -- The sixties : a troubled prosperity -- Movement conservatism -- The great divergence -- The politics of inequality -- Weapons of mass distraction -- The new politics of equality --The health care imperative -- Confronting inequality -- The conscience of a liberal