poverty had to be viewed as an issue of inequality rather than simply physical survival. They also broke away from the narrow concentration on income to closely examine other pressing dimensions of inequality such as the distribution of assets, basic services, opportunity for education and social mobility, participation in decision making, and self-respect. They maintained that these social and economic inequities were the roots of the grave problems facing America, and identified social policies and political coalitions that could reduce them. In Recapitalizing America, Miller and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey described the large shift in American political economy that would later come to be called neo-liberalism and correctly predicted it would exacerbate inequalities and stall progress toward a more equal opportunity society. Personal life Miller was married to psychiatrist and author Jean Baker Miller, and together they had two sons, Dr. Edward D. Miller, professor of media culture at the College of Staten Island/CUNY and coordinator of film studies at the Graduate Center/CUNY; and Jonathan F. Miller, CEO of Integrated Media. He died on October 25, 2021. Honors and awards Miller was a Wyman Fellow in Economics and Social Institutions, Princeton University (1945–46), associate editor, American Sociological Review (1966–69), Guggenheim Fellow, senior fellow of the Commonwealth Institute, former chair of Boston University's Sociology Department, co-founder and board member of United for a Fair Economy (1995–2021), co-founder and first President of the Research Committee 19 on Poverty, Social Welfare, and Social Policy of the International Sociological Association (1966–1974), board member of the Field Foundation, President for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1975–1976), President of the Eastern Sociological Society (1971–1972), and board member of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. He is the recipient of the 2009 American Sociological Association's Award for the Practice of Sociology., chair of the social science advisory committee to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and board member of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. Working at the Ford Foundation (1966–1973), he initiated grants to Latino advocacy groups, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and CORE. Miller is the recipient of the American Sociological Association's 2009 Distinguished Career in Sociological Practice Award. Published works Miller has authored, coauthored, or edited ten books and more than three hundred articles for publications including the Steelworkers Bulletin, American Sociological Review, Nation of Change, Truthout, Dissent Magazine, AlterNet, Classism.org, and Social Policy. He was frequently quoted in the