The vanishing middle class : prejudice and power in a dual economy
by Temin, Peter (Author)
Summary
"The United States is becoming a nation of rich and poor, with few families in the middle. In this book, MIT economist Peter Temin offers an illuminating way to look at the vanishing middle class. Temin argues that American history and politics, particularly slavery and its aftermath, play an import... Full description
- Introduction
- A dual economy
- The FTE sector
- The low-wage sector
- Transition
- Race and gender
- The investment theory of politics
- Preferences of the very rich
- Concepts of government
- Mass incarceration
- Public education
- American cities
- Personal and national debts
- Comparisons
- Conclusions.