Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence

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A surprising and revealing look at how today's elite view their wealth and place in society From TV's "real housewives" to The Wolf of Wall Street, our popular culture portrays the wealthy as materialistic and entitled. But what do we really know about those who live on "easy street" In this penetrating book, Rachel Sherman draws on rare in-dep

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We dont know as much about affluent people as we think we do. Caricatures abound, but the socioeconomically lucky dont often offer themselves up for study. That all changed with Rachel Shermans Uneasy Street. . . . With each reading, Im a little more unsettled, in the best possible way.Ron Lieber, New York Times
There have been many cogent analyses of income inequality. Sociologist Rachel Shermans welcome addition probes the psychology and socio-economics of affluence.Barb Kiser, Nature
Sherman takes a dispassionate approach to find out how those who are `benefitting from rising economic inequality experience `their own social advantages. She elicits her subjects thoughts about work and productivity, charitable giving, marital discord and more. Worthwhile humanizing ensues, as do plenty of squirm-inducing moments.John Williams, New York Times Book Review
Sherman offers something new and surprising: a look inside the 1 per cents minds. . . . She shifts our understanding of todays dominant class.Simon Kuper, Financial Times

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Rachel Sherman teaches sociology at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. She is the author of Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels.