It took me way longer to write a review for this than it normally does. The book is just extremely dense - mostly in a useful way but sometimes does get a bit repetitive. For example, I'm a little bit tired of reading about how transfer payments are not included.

I'd really suggest a change of title. I'm fairly liberal and I picked this up for two reasons: one is that I love data and statistics, and the other is that admittedly I was ready to disagree with everything it. Three White guys talking about how inequality isn't real? I'm ready to burn it all down.

BUT, the book isn't about inequality being a myth, it's about how the data we have and what is presented to the public don't give us a good picture of what's really going on in American society. That's a huge problem that needs to be recognized, because how can we improve without knowing where we are? The book gives lots of examples of improvement programs that failed because of exactly this. In short, I feel more educated for having read this book.

Thank you to Rowman & Littlefield and NetGalley for the opportunity to access this free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.