Middle Class Meltdown in America: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies

ISBN-13: 9780367478407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 376 str.

Kevin T. Leicht; Scott T. Fitzgerald

Opis

The new edition of Middle-Class Meltdown in America: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies tells the story of the struggling American middle class by weaving together sociological and economical research, personalized portraits and examples, and a profusion of current data illustrating significant social, economic, and political trends.

Spis treści

1. The Illusion of Middle-Class Prosperity  2. The Struggling Middle Class  3. Macroeconomics and the Income/Credit Squeeze  4. Robbing the Productivity Train  5. Where Did All That Credit Come From?  6. From Washington to Wall Street: Marketing the Illusion  7. The Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the COVID Recession of 2020-2021: The Illusion Exposed  8. The Consequences of Middle-Class Meltdown  9. What Can We Do? A Manifesto for the Middle Class Appendix