The Fragile Middle Class : Americans in Debt / Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Teresa A., Author.

Warren, Elizabeth, 1949- Author.

Westbrook, Jay Lawrence, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bankruptcy--United States.

Bankruptcy.

Consumer credit--United States.

Consumer credit.

Finance, Personal--United States.

Finance, Personal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (405 pages)

Edition:

2020 edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Why have so many middle-class Americans encountered so much financial trouble? In this classic analysis of hard-pressed families, the authors discover that financial stability for many middle-class Americans is all too fragile. The authors consider the changing cultural and economic factors that threaten financial security and what they imply for the future vitality of the middle class. A new preface examines the persistent and new threats that have emerged since the original publication. “[A] fascinating, alarming study. . . . [This] chilling diagnosis of middle-class affliction demonstrates that we all may be only a job loss, medical problem or credit card indulgence away from the downward spiral leading to bankruptcy.”—Publishers Weekly "A well-designed and carefully executed study."—Andrew Greeley, University of Chicago "The Fragile Middle Class, a well-written work of social science that is about as gripping as the genre gets, forces us to reevaluate notions about consumerism."—American Prospect

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Preface to the 2020 Edition

Preface

Chapter 1. Americans in Financial Crisis

Chapter 2. Middle-Class and Broke: The Demography of Bankruptcy

Chapter 3. Unemployed or Underemployed

Chapter 4. Credit Cards

Chapter 5. Sickness and Injury

Chapter 6. Divorce

Chapter 7. Housing

Chapter 8. The Middle Class in Debt

Appendix 1. Data Used in This Study

Appendix 2. Other Published Studies

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

9780300253733

0300253737

OCLC:

1139895530