Pinched : how the Great Recession has narrowed our futures and what we can do about it /
Don Peck.
- 1st ed.
- 223 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-214) and index.
Not your father's recession -- The two-speed society -- Two depressions and a long malaise -- Generation "R": the changing fortunes of America's youth -- Housebound: the middle class after the bust -- Plutonomy: the very rich in recession and recovery -- Underclass: men and family in a jobless age -- The politics of the next ten years -- A way forward.
Presents cautionary predictions about American life in the aftermath of the recession that describes long-term consequences being faced by Americans from every walk of life.
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Working class--United States. Middle class--United States.