Middle Class Meltdown in America Causes Consequences and Remedies

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Based on income alone nearly half of all adults in the United States can be considered middle class complete with the reassurance of a steady job the ability to raise a family and the comforts of owning a home. And yet for many because of structural forces reshaping the finances of the American middle class the margin between a stable life and a fragile one is narrowing. The new edition of Middle-Class Meltdown in America: Causes Consequences and Remedies tells the story of the struggling American middle class by weaving together sociological and economical research personalized portraits and examples and a profusion of current data illustrating significant social economic and political trends. The authors extend their analysis to include the COVID-19 pandemic a focus on the effect of race and ethnicity as well as the ever-increasing costs of housing health care and education. In clear accessible writing the authors provide a sociological and balanced understanding of the causes and implications of increasing middle class precarity. Middle-Class Meltdown in America is particularly well-suited for courses in sociology economics political science anthropology and American Studies. | Middle Class Meltdown in America Causes Consequences and Remedies