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Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class

7 reviews
Robert, H Frank

University of California Press, 2007

The Good Old Days
Before the advent of neoconservative economic policies beginning with Ronald Reagan, the American middle class arising out of various New Deal reforms enjoyed the longest period of rising prosperity in U.S. history. The laws insuring social security, the right to form unions, the GI bill, certain banking reforms are among several of those adjustments that allowed the middle class of that 40 year ...

The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

85 reviews
Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi, 2004

A sobering but worthwhile read
Back in the mid to late 60s, average real income in the U.S., which is just economic terminology for income adjusted for inflation, started to decline for the first time. Once that trend gets started in a country, for whatever reason, it's almost impossible to reverse, as any economic historian will tell you. Now, forty years later, the impact of that dire trend is here for all to see. The ...

Wealth building for middle income Americans

1 review
Michael Allen

MAB Pub, 1995

It makes investing and financial planning easy!
This simple, easy-to-read, easy-to apply guide to financial success is a blessing in a bright green wrapper!

Your Next Fifty Years

2 reviews
Victoria Collins, Ginita Wall

Holt Paperbacks, 1997

A useful thought-provoker
This book is well-organized, thought-provoking, with helpful exercises to get you thinking about how you'll spend not only the next 50 years, but your next year or two. I found it very useful in terms of evaluating my own choices and plans, AND it has helped me broach similar issues with my mother who is moving into retirement. I highly recommend this book to anyone over thirty. Start ...

Golden Opportunities: Money-Saving Strategies from Government Programs Everyone over Fifty Should Know About

1 review
Amy Budish, Armond Budish

Owlet, 1994

Attention Older Americans
This book is an absolute necessity for everyone confused about Social Security, and who isn't? It covers the entire spectrum of the benefits that your hard work has earned. There are hundreds of real life examples that will bring the rules into focus for almost all of us. Start reading this book when in your early fifties because that's when these benefits start kicking in. This book can help ...

The Politics of Social Transformation in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan (Contemporary Issues in the Middle ...

1 review
Myron Weiner

Syracuse University Press, 1994

A SUPERB ACADEMIC WORK COVERING THE NON-ARAB MIDEAST
It is not easy to draw parallels between nations with similar histories or backgrounds. The mosaic of mankind creates variations that are not limited by borders or even categorizations. The three nations discussed share things in common: they all speak Indo-European languages (albeit altered due to Semitic influences); a common religious background (Islam predominates, but Iran is ...

101 Tax Loopholes for the Middle Class: A Tax Accountant's Guide to Hidden Tax-Saving Strategies

2 reviews
Sean Smith

Broadway, 1998

Fun, wicked book about how to legally reduce your taxes!
I read the parts of this book that related to me...mutual funds,etc. Then I browsed through other parts. The examples make each point clear and are often humorous. There are lots of ways to keep taxes much lower through planning ahead of time. This book makes it fun to make those plans.

Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap

6 reviews
Chuck Collins

United for a Fair Economy, 1999

A badly needed wake-up call to the American public.
Despite the last ten years of booming prosperity and an ever rising stock market, most American households have a lower net worth today than they did in 1983. Nine years into the longest peacetime expansion in history, average American workers are still earning less (adjusting for inflation) than they did when Richard Nixon was president. All to many people have found themselves having to work ...

Class War in America: How Economic and Political Conservatives Are Exploiting Low- And Middle-Income American ...

4 reviews
Charles M. Kelly

Daniel and Daniel Publishers, 2000

After outlining problems, Kelly offers some solutions
Economic conservatives speak in this title, which uses quotes from the Wall Street Journal and other publications to show the intention of the conservative establishment to benefit corporations and investors at the expense of the lower classes. After outlining problems, Kelly offers some solutions for combating conservative agendas.

Cashing in on the American Dream

22 reviews
Paul Terhorst

Bantam, 1990

Fifteen Years Later, He's Still Retired
This book, along with Your Money or Your Life, changed our lives. By following the advice outlined in these two books, we were able to quit our jobs in our forties and pursue other interests. We have been free of the daily grind for over four years now, thanks in part to Paul Terhorst, Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez (authors of YMOYL). In a conversational style, Terhorst explains how he realized ...

Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East

Taylor & Francis, 2007

Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East explores the causes and consequences of the persistent poverty and extreme inequality that have characterised the region. Using extensive empirical evidence M. Riad El-Ghonemy helps us to understand the impact of co-existing affluence and poverty. In the first part of the book, he investigates the common cultural and economic factors that have brought about such an extreme polarisation of living ...

African American Middle-Income Parents: How Are They Involved in Their Children's Literacy Development? (HC) ...
Ethel, Swindell Robinson

Information Age Publishing, 2007

Ethel Robinson has written an amazing book. As she wisely argues, despite a rapidly growing middle and upper class, popular media and public debates continue to view African-American families from a deficit perspective. Portrayals of African-American families in newspapers, television, and contemporary scholarship tend to focus on single-parent households, low parental expectations, and lack of family involvement in schooling. The families ...

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