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Author:

Quart, Alissa, author.

Title:

Squeezed : why our families can't afford America / Alissa Quart.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Eccoan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

312 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Middle class--United States--Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index.

Contents:

Inconceivable : pregnant and squeezed -- Hyper-educated and poor -- Extreme day care : the deep cost of American work -- Outclassed : life at the bottom of the top -- The nanny's struggle -- Uber dads : moonlighting in the gig economy -- The second act industry : or the midlife do-over myth -- Squeezed houses -- The rise of 1 percent television -- Squeezed by the robots.

Summary:

"Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular working hours. Many realize that attaining the standard of living their parents managed has become impossible. Alissa Quart ... examines the lives of many middle-class Americans who can now barely afford to raise children. Through ... firsthand storytelling, Quart [posits that] our country has failed its families"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0062412256
9780062412256

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1041132779

LCCN:

2017056972

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