(Not) keeping up with our parents : the decline of the professional middle class /

Drawing on more than a hundred interviews with people all across America, this book explores how stagnant wages, debt, and escalating costs for tuition, health care, and home ownership are jeopardizing the finances and futures of today's educated middle class. Despite this sobering reality, Nan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mooney, Nan, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©2008.
Temas:
2000-2099
Professional employees > United States.
Middle class > United States > Economic conditions.
College graduates > United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Professionnels salariés > États-Unis.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
Diplômés d'université > États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
College graduates > Economic conditions
Middle class > Economic conditions
Professional employees
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The new reality
  • From the New Deal to the new economy : a short history of the American middle class
  • College promises : real debt and false expectations
  • Career and contribution : society or the 401(k)?
  • To have or to hold : money, marriage, and children
  • What were the benefits? : health care, retirement and everything else the government was supposed to help provide
  • Bridging the gaps : saving, spending, and debt
  • A question of equity : rent rich or house poor
  • From ripples to revolution : changing the system, changing ourselves.

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