Decline of the Middle Class

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Decline of the Middle Class
Interviewer(s): 
Steve Paulson
Anne Strainchamps
Jim Fleming
Guest(s): 
Dean Bakopoulos
Michael Lewis
Jacob Hacker
Juliet Schor
12.18.2011

The American middle class used to be living proof that the American dream was alive and well, providing homes and modest savings to anyone willing to work.  It’s another story today.  In this hour, the decline of the middle class.  How rising levels of income inequality shattered middle class dreams.  And, how to get them back.

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