High wire
Subtitle: the precarious financial lives of American families
By: Peter Gosselin.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780465002252
Subjects: Economic security -- United States; Households -- Economic aspects -- United States; Family -- Economic aspects -- United States; United States -- Economic policy; United States -- Social policy
Other titles: Precarious financial lives of American families
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Benefits; title: The numbers; title: Jobs; title: Un-jobs; title: The poor; title: Housing; title: Education; title: Health; title: Retirement; title: New Orleans; title: Conclusion.