Pinched : how the Great Recession has narrowed our futures and what we can do about it /
Don Peck.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Crown Pub., c2011.
- 223 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-214) and index.
Not your father's recession -- The two-speed society -- Two depressions and a long malaise -- Generation "R": the changing fortunes of America's youth -- Housebound: the middle class after the bust -- Plutonomy: the very rich in recession and recovery -- Underclass: men and family in a jobless age -- The politics of the next ten years -- A way forward.
Presents cautionary predictions about American life in the aftermath of the recession that describes long-term consequences being faced by Americans from every walk of life.
Working class--United States. Middle class--United States. Recessions--Social aspects--United States. Clase obrera Clase media--Estados Unidos. Recesiones--Aspectos sociales--Estados Unidos.
United States--Economic conditions--2009- United States--Social conditions--21st century.