(Not) keeping up with our parents : the decline of the professional middle class / Nan Mooney.

Author/creator Mooney, Nan, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Beacon Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The new reality -- From the New Deal to the new economy : a short history of the American middle class -- College promises : real debt and false expectations -- Career and contribution : society or the 401(k)? -- To have or to hold : money, marriage, and children -- What were the benefits? : health care, retirement and everything else the government was supposed to help provide -- Bridging the gaps : saving, spending, and debt -- A question of equity : rent rich or house poor -- From ripples to revolution : changing the system, changing ourselves.
General note"Published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-241) and index.
LCCN 2007038364
ISBN9780807011386 (alk. paper)
ISBN080701138X (alk. paper)