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The vanishing middle class : prejudice and power in a dual economy / by Temin, Peter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-242) and index.Why the United States has developed an economy divided between rich and poor and how racism helped bring this about. 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 important part in the widening gap between rich and poor. Temin employs a well-known, simple model of a dual economy to examine the dynamics of the rich/poor divide in America, and outlines ways to work toward greater equality so that America will no longer have one economy for the rich and one for the poor. Many poorer Americans live in conditions resembling those of a developing country--substandard education, dilapidated housing, and few stable employment opportunities. And although almost half of black Americans are poor, most poor people are not black. Conservative white politicians still appeal to the racism of poor white voters to get support for policies that harm low-income people as a whole, casting recipients of social programs as the Other-black, Latino, not like "us." Politicians also use mass incarceration as a tool to keep black and Latino Americans from participating fully in society. Money goes to a vast entrenched prison system rather than to education. In the dual justice system, the rich pay fines and the poor go to jail.
Subjects: Income distribution; Middle class; Minorities; Equality;
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The vanishing middle class : prejudice and power in a dual economy / by Temin, Peter,author.(CARDINAL)122701;
Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 important part in the widening gap between rich and poor. Temin employs a well-known, simple model of a dual economy to examine the dynamics of the rich/poor divide in America, and outlines ways to work toward greater equality so that America will no longer have one economy for the rich and one for the poor. Many poorer Americans live in conditions resembling those of a developing country--substandard education, dilapidated housing, and few stable employment opportunities. And although almost half of black Americans are poor, most poor people are not black. Conservative white politicians still appeal to the racism of poor white voters to get support for policies that harm low-income people as a whole, casting recipients of social programs as the Other--black, Latino, not like "us." Politicians also use mass incarceration as a tool to keep black and Latino Americans from participating fully in society. Money goes to a vast entrenched prison system rather than to education. In the dual justice system, the rich pay fines and the poor go to jail." -- Publisher's description
Subjects: Income distribution; Middle class; Minorities; Equality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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It's the middle class, stupid! / by Carville, James.(CARDINAL)383140; Greenberg, Stanley B.,1945-(CARDINAL)507537;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321).We are writing this book because we failed and that's not good enough -- Who's middle class after all? -- The middle class : isn't it the engine of America? -- What's happened over the last three decades, and now : how George W. Bush made everything worse -- The attack on higher education : for-profit colleges -- "A 'second opinion' on the economic health of the American middle class" ; or, The fog machine and the denial of all their problems : it's not easy being rich -- Smarter than you think : the financial crisis -- Smarter than you think? Then what about Keynes? -- Smarter than you think? Corrupted government : lost republic -- The elites deplore class warfare, but what about the voters? -- The disaster of 2010 : when all is said and done, there's a lot better chance the middle class will see better times when a Democrat is president -- Why do you feel better about 2012? Because we have a story to tell : honoring stay-at-home moms -- Paul Ryan has the answer : Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan : the strange story of food stamps -- And do you think you can really do something about it? Sure do : getting real : unplug the climate-change fog machine -- The elite consensus on entitlements and deficits : renegotiating terms ; Stan's letter to Tom Friedman -- Let's get serious about what really matters : health care -- Doing something about it : numbers -- America : 1? -- Triumph over political dysfunction.Destined to make waves during the presidential campaign, political guru Carville and pollster extraordinaire Greenberg argue that America's voters are not as dumb as elected officials think they are.
Subjects: Politics, Practical;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 12
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Stemming middle-class decline : the challenges to economic development planning / by Leigh, Nancey Green.(CARDINAL)208779;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218).
Subjects: Income distribution; Middle class;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Malcolm in the middle. [videorecording] / by Boomer, Linwood,1955-creator.(CARDINAL)689297; Kaczmarek, Jane,actor.; Cranston, Bryan,1956-actor.(CARDINAL)346718; Masterson, Chris,1980-actor.; Berfield, Justin,actor.(CARDINAL)546192; Sullivan, Erik Per,1991-actor.; Muniz, Frankie,1985-actor.(CARDINAL)663138; Regency Television (Firm),production company.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.(CARDINAL)340075; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.(CARDINAL)137420;
Created by Linwood Boomer.Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Kennedy Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Frankie Muniz.Follows the adventures of Malcolm, the middle brother in an eccentric middle class family.Rated PG.DVD, full screen; Dolby surround.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Middle class families;
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Fear of falling : the inner life of the middle class / by Ehrenreich, Barbara.(CARDINAL)127912;
Bibliography: pages 265-284.
Subjects: Middle class;
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Arlington Park [large print] / by Cusk, Rachel,1967-(CARDINAL)684043;
Subjects: Large print books.; Fiction.; Parents; Middle class;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The birds on the trees [large print] / by Bawden, Nina,1925-2012.(CARDINAL)722125;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Fiction.; Large print books.; Families; Middle class;
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Arlington Park / by Cusk, Rachel,1967-(CARDINAL)684043;
Originally published: Great Britain : Faber and Faber, 2006Arlington Park, a modern-day English suburb very much like its American counterparts, is a place devoted to the profitable ordinariness of life. Amidst its leafy avenues and comfortable houses, its residents live out the dubious accomplishments of civilization: material prosperity, personal freedom, and moral indifference. In Arlington Park, men work, women look after children, and people generally do what s expected of them. It s a world awash in contentment but empty of belief, and riven with strange anxieties. How are they to know right from wrong? How should they use their knowledge of other people s sufferings? What is the relationship of politics to their own domestic arrangements? Set over the course of a single rainy day, the novel moves from one household to another, and through the passing hours conducts a deep examination of its characters lives: of Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; of Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive housework; of Solly, who confronts her own buried femininity in the person of her Italian lodger; of Maisie, despairing at the inevitability with which beauty is destroyed; and of Christine, whose troubled, hilarious spirit presides over Arlington Park and the way of life it represents. Darkly comic, deeply affecting, and wise, Arlington Park is a page-turning imagining of the extraordinary inner nature of ordinary life, by one of Britain's most exciting young novelists.
Subjects: Fiction.; Parents; Middle class;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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The middle-class millionaire [sound recording] : the rise of the new rich and how they are changing America / by Prince, Russ Alan,1958-(CARDINAL)382771; James, Lloyd.; Tantor Media.(CARDINAL)341284;
The influence of affluence -- Millionaire intelligence -- Middle class but millionaires -- The rich work for the poor -- The doctor will see you whenever you'd like -- The best advice money can buy -- The ownership experience -- "Roots and wings" -- The new rules of the new rich.Read by Lloyd James.
Subjects: Millionaires; Rich people; Wealth;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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