Not Keeping Up With Our Parents
Subtitle: The Decline of the Professional Middle Class
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: May 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780807011386
Subjects: Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Social Classes; Social Science / General; General; 21st century; College graduates; Economic Conditions; Middle class; Professional employees; United States
Description: 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 Mooney offers concrete ideas on how we can arrest this downward spiral.