Second class : how the elites betrayed America's working men and women

Second class How the elites betrayed America's working men and women

Batya Ungar-Sargon, 1981-

Book - 2024

"America has broken its contract with its laboring class. So, how do we get back to the American Dream? How do we once again become the land of opportunity, the promised land where hard work and commitment to family are enough to protect you from poverty? It's not that hard actually. All it would take, as this book illustrates, is for those in power to once again respect the dignity of work-and the American worker"--

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Subjects
Working class > United States > History.
American Dream.
Elite (Social sciences) > United States > History.
Published
New York : Encounter Books 2024.
Language
English
Main Author
Batya Ungar-Sargon, 1981- (author)
Edition
First American edition
Physical Description
xi, 226 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
ISBN
9781641773614
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Who Is the American Working Class?
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • Chapter 1. Struggling
  • Chapter 2. Floating
  • Chapter 3. Rising
  • Part 2. How Can the Lives of Working-Class Americans Be Improved?
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • Chapter 4. Good Jobs
  • Chapter 5. Whose Jobs?
  • Chapter 6. The Benefits Cliff
  • Chapter 7. Housing
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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