The Squeezed Middle : : The Pressure on Ordinary Workers in America and Britain /

The Squeezed Middle : : The Pressure on Ordinary Workers in America and Britain / / ed. by Sophia Parker.

As wages stagnate but living costs keep rising, the pressure on working people grows more intense. The issue of living standards has become one of the most urgent challenges for politicians in both Britain and America. 'The squeezed middle' brings together experts from both sides of the At...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
MitwirkendeR:
Alakeson, Vidhya,
Appelbaum, Eileen,
Bernstein, Jared,
Carré, Françoise,
Draut, Tamara,
Gitterman, Daniel P.,
Hacker, Jacob S.,
Heintz, James,
Kelly, Gavin,
Kenworthy, Lane,
Leana, Carrie,
Mehta, Preeti,
Mishel, Larry,
Parker, Sophia,
Riccio, James A.,
Shierholz, Heidi,
Smith-Ramani, Joanna,
Wardrip, Keith,
HerausgeberIn:
Parker, Sophia,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Notes on contributors
  • Foreword
  • A note on terminology
  • Introduction
  • Setting the scene: a rising tide no longer lifts all boats
  • A lost decade, not a burst bubble: the declining living standards of middle-class households in the US and Britain
  • Rising incomes and modest inequality: the high-employment route
  • Policy lessons: creating quality work, raising incomes and building greater economic security
  • Improving job quality in low-paid jobs: care workers in the US
  • Employment change and economic vulnerability in the US
  • New evidence and new directions for promoting labour market advancement for low and modest earners
  • Boosting the pay packets of low- to middle-income families
  • Strategies to expand the affordable private rental stock
  • Insulating middle-income households from economic insecurity: why savings matter, and how we can increase them
  • Looking ahead: a cautionary tale
  • The path to post-recession prosperity
  • How US politics is undermining the American Dream, and what it means for the UK
  • Conclusion: learning the lessons
  • Index

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