Middle Class Meltdown in America

<p>Based on income alone nearly half of all adults in the United States can be considered middle class complete with the reassurance of a steady job the ability to raise a family and the comforts of owning a home. And yet for many because of structural forces reshaping the finances of the American middle class the margin between a stable life and a fragile one is narrowing. </p><p>The new edition of <i>Middle-Class Meltdown in America: Causes Consequences and Remedies</i> tells the story of the struggling American middle class by weaving together sociological and economical research personalized portraits and examples and a profusion of current data illustrating significant social economic and political trends. The authors extend their analysis to include the COVID-19 pandemic a focus on the effect of race and ethnicity as well as the ever-increasing costs of housing health care and education. </p><p>In clear accessible writing the authors provide a sociological and balanced understanding of the causes and implications of increasing middle class precarity. <i>Middle-Class Meltdown in America</i> is particularly well-suited for courses in sociology economics political science anthropology and American Studies.</p>