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Genre/Form: | Book |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Strobel, Frederick R. Upward dreams, downward mobility. Savage, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1993 (OCoLC)654641527 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Frederick R Strobel |
ISBN: | 0847677567 9780847677566 |
OCLC Number: | 26309203 |
Description: | xv, 229 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Downward Mobility: The New American Middle-class Reality -- pt. I. The Rise and Fall of the New Deal. 1. Building the New Deal: The Foundation for an Expanding Middle Class. 2. Undoing the New Deal -- pt. II. The Ascent of Capital, the Descent of the Middle Class. 3. The Economic Facts: Middle-class Decline and the New Super Rich. 4. Washington's Failure at Home and Abroad: The Decline Begins in the Early 1970s. 5. Methods of Capital Ascent: The Frontal Assault by Corporate America. 6. Shifting the Tax Burden: "The Great Escape" of Corporate America. 7. The Argument Summarized: Eleven Reasons for Middle-class Decline -- pt. III. The Decline Accelerates: America in the Reagan-Bush Years. 8. Reaganomics: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. 9. Twilight in America: The Reagan-Bush Economic Legacy -- pt. IV. At the End of the Day. 10. Two Nations in America: The Consequences of a Two-class Society. 11. What Happened? The Failure of Key Institutions. 12. Rescuing the Middle Class: Some Modest Proposals -- Epilogue: Middle-class Issues in the 1992 Presidential Campaign and Beyond. |
Responsibility: | Frederick R. Strobel. |
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Larger economic history collections will want to add ^RUpward Dreams, Downward Mobility.^I * Booklist * His book is especially timely given President Clinton's emphasis on reviving the middle class. Recommended for all libraries. * Library Journal * ...an intriguing analysis of America's middle class. -- Patricia K. Smith, Michigan Academician. Stroble has written a provocative book which may stimulate a more systematic investigation into the consequences of past and present economic public policies on the American family. * The Journal of Consumer Affairs * ...it provides the reader with a wealth of information....stimulating reading for those concerned with questions of economic theory as well as current policy issues. * Journal Of Economic Issues * A very personal perspective on what has happened to the middle class in America. For academic and general readers interested in U.S. economic policy. * CHOICE * Read more...


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