Lower Class

Is Marriage a Poverty-Buster?

Jodie Levin-Epstein | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Marriage, Poverty, Lower Class, High School Graduation, Job Stability, Income Inequality, Middle Class, Politics News
Jodie Levin-Epstein

Marriage, graduation, and working are all great goals shared by many across the political spectrum. But this view scrambles together the data on good outcomes with the idea that gumption can move anyone into a higher-income cohort.

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Clash Warfare

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Jacob Hacker, Lower Class, Charles Murray, Class Warfare, Upper Class, Andrew Kohut, American Dream, Pew Research Center, Middle Class, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

"Clash warfare" may appeal to a minority, but it does nothing to respond to the economic and social concerns of the majority of Americans. For them, class warfare is not the issue -- fairness and opportunity are.

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Five Facts About Social Mobility

Delia Lloyd | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Social Mobility, Downward Mobility, The American Dream, Lower Class, Middle Class, Social Mobility Education, Social Mobility u.s., Economic Mobility, Income Inequality, Class Conflict, Business News
Delia Lloyd

What a bummer to discover that this great national mythology that's sustained us for so many generations may no longer be true. A spate of recent studies suggests that Americans are no longer upwardly mobile.

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Notes From a Party for Rich People

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Latinos, Matt Taibbi, U.S. Economy, Latino, Class Warfare, Wealthy, Rich People Things, Class Jealousy, Economy, Middle Class, Economic Crisis, Hispanic, Class Envy, Ritzy, Hispanics, Upper Class, Wealthy Americans, Wealth Gap, Rich People, Lower Class, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Wall Street, Homelessness, Wealth, Great Recession, Occupy Wall Street, Homeless, Economic Recovery, Wall Street Bonuses, Aluminumadores, Rich People Economic Crisis, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

The aluminumadores in my neighborhood at least try to maintain some kind of dignity in spite of their humiliating circumstances. Contrast that with what I witnessed at the upscale party, where a wealthy man groveled and whined just to get his friends inside.

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Six Reasons Americans Fall Out Of The Middle Class

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Education, Downward Mobility, American Dream, Middle Class, Economic Groups, Pew Charitable Trusts, Race, Upper Class, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Seems as though the American Dream is just that — a dream. If you were born into a middle class family, there is a high chance t...

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We Had an Agreement: The Results of Being Played

Kenneth Kales | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Government Bailout, Classism, Upper Class, Tarp, Recession, Economy, Middle Class, June Unemployment, June Unemployment Issues, Business News
Kenneth Kales

We the people were heroic in rescuing so many Type A's and their financial sectors. I say heroic only because our act now seems selfless. It wasn't supposed to be that way. We had an agreement.

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Top-Level Professionals View 40-Hour Work Week As Part-Time: Report

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Lower Class, Unemployment, 40 Hour Work Week, Economic Crisis, Middle Class, Full Time Jobs, Employment, Part-Time Jobs, Economic Recovery, Work-Life Balance, Work-Family Balance, Upper Class, Overtime, Business News

Over the last thirty years, the majority of Americans have started working longer hours while earning less, according to a recent report by the Center...

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