1st Edition

Stemming Middle-Class Decline The Challenges to Economic Development

By Nancey Green Leigh Copyright 1994
237 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

Are Americans as well-off as they used to be? The answer affects everything from product markets and housing sales to social tranquility and presidential (and local) elections. This volume examines what is happening to the American middle class. In a detailed and comprehensive analysis, Nancey Green Leigh tracks changes in the pattern of income distribution over a twenty-year period. While... Read more
1: Are Americans as Well-Off as We Used to Be?; 2: What Is Happening to Middle-Level Earners?; 3: The Middle Standard of Living; 4: Industrial Restructuring’s Influence on the Distribution of Earnings; 5: The Rural and Urban Distinction in Industrial Restructuring; 6: The Regional Implications of Industrial Restructuring; 7: Changing Earnings Distributions and Opportunities for Middle-Glass Living

Biography

Nancey Green Leigh