Middle class meltdown in America :

Leicht, Kevin T.

Middle class meltdown in America : causes, consequences, and remedies / Kevin T. Leicht and Scott T. Fitzgerald. - 2nd ed. - New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, c2011. - xv, 188 p. : ill.

First published 2006 by Worth Publishers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The illusion of middle class prosperity in the United States -- 2. The struggling middle class -- 3. Macroeconomics and the income/credit squeeze -- 4. Robbing the productivity train -- 5. Where did all that credit come from? -- 6. From Washington to Wall Street : marketing the illusion -- 7. The great recession of 2008-2009 : the illusion exposed -- 8. The consequences of the middle class meltdown -- 9. What can we Do? a manifesto for the middle classs.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781315885506 (e-book : PDF)


Middle class--United States.
Financial crises--United States.
Consumer credit--United States.


United States--Economic conditions--2009-


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