Download or read book Falling Behind written by Robert Frank and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the very meaning of happiness and prosperity in America. This title explains how increased concentrations of income and wealth at the top of the economic pyramid have set off "expenditure cascades" that raise the cost of achieving many basic goals for the middle class.