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Author:

Mooney, Nan, 1970-

Title:

(Not) keeping up with our parents : the decline of the professional middle class / Nan Mooney.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 254 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Professional employees--United States.
Middle class--United States--Economic conditions.
College graduates--United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

Notes:

"Published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.

Contents:

The new reality -- From the New Deal to the new economy : a short history of the American middle class -- College promises : real debt and false expectations -- Career and contribution : society or the 401(k)? -- To have or to hold : money, marriage, and children -- What were the benefits? : health care, retirement and everything else the government was supposed to help provide -- Bridging the gaps : saving, spending, and debt -- A question of equity : rent rich or house poor -- From ripples to revolution : changing the system, changing ourselves.

ISBN:

080701138X (alk. paper)
9780807011386 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173502672

LCCN:

2007038364

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

YUPD232 -- DeWitt Community Library (De Witt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)