The Undeserving rich: American beliefs about inequality, opportunity, and redistribution

1. Introduction: thinking about income inequality

2. Beyond the opposition between opportunity and inequality: theories of beliefs about inequality from the nineteenth century to the present

3. The emergence of a new social issue: media coverage of income inequality and social class in the United States, 1980-2010

4. American beliefs about income inequality: what, when, who, and why

5. Why do Americans care about income inequality? The role of opportunity

6. Social policy preferences in the era of rising inequality

7. Conclusion: a new era of beliefs about inequality.