Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Changing urban fortunes -- Subsidizing capital and expanding low-wage work -- A good job is hard to find -- Working in the servant class -- Working in the hospitality industry -- Working retail in the inner city -- Working on, off, and around the books -- Living in the servant class economy -- Do-it-yourself safety nets -- Asset poverty and the high cost of fringe banking -- The low-income trap: barriers to economic mobility -- Conclusion: an expanding servant class or a pathway to prosperity? -- Appendix A. The communities -- Appendix B. Servant class occupations in san diego -- Appendix C. Survey data and methodology chronology -- Bibliography -- Index.
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