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Under Pressure The Squeezed Middle Class
Author | : Oecd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2019-06-11 |
Genre | : Economics |
ISBN | : 9264542833 |
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Middle-class households feel left behind and have questioned the benefits of economic globalisation. In many OECD countries, middle incomes have grown less than the average and in some they have not grown at all. Technology has automated several middle-skilled jobs that used to be carried out by middle-class workers a few decades ago. The costs of some goods and services such as housing, which are essential for a middle-class lifestyle, have risen faster than earnings and overall inflation. Faced with this, middle classes have reduced their ability to save and in some cases have fallen into debt. This report sheds light on the multiple pressures on the middle class. It analyses the trends of middle-income households through dimensions such as labour occupation, consumption, wealth and debt, as well as perceptions and social attitudes. It also discusses policy initiatives to address the concerns raised by the middle class, by protecting middle-class living standards and financial security in the face of economic challenges.
Under Pressure The Squeezed Middle Class
Author | : OECD |
Publsiher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2019-05-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9789264150348 |
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Middle-class households feel left behind and have questioned the benefits of economic globalisation.
Is the German Middle Class Crumbling Risks and Opportunities
Author | : OECD |
Publsiher | : OECD Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2021-12-21 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9789264475892 |
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Thriving middle classes are the backbone of democratic societies and strong economies, but in many countries, they face mounting pressure as their economic strength is eroding relative to higher-income households. Real wages and incomes for most middle-class households have grown only very slowly, and rising expenditures have been putting further pressure on living standards.
The Wealth Effect
Author | : Jeffrey M. Chwieroth,Andrew Walter |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 597 |
Release | : 2019-03-21 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781107153745 |
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Shows how the politics of banking crises has been transformed by the growing 'great expectations' among middle class voters that governments should protect their wealth.
The 9 9 Percent
Author | : Matthew Stewart |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2022-10-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781982114190 |
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"A trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest 9.9 percent of Americans -- those just below the tip of the wealth pyramid -- have exacerbated the growing inequality in our country and distorted our social values"--
Alternative Ideas from 10 Almost Forgotten Economists
Author | : Irene van Staveren |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2021-01-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9783030576097 |
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How should we address today’s big problems, and what we can take from icons of economics past? How would John Maynard Keynes have resolved today’s debt problem, or how would Adam Smith have assessed the European carbon emission trading market? This book applies the ideas of ten renowned economists (Marx, Minsky, Keynes, Knight, Bergmann, Veblen, Sen, Myrdal, Smith, Robinson) to real world economic problems, directly or indirectly related to the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis. Each chapter presents an economist, and structures the ‘problem’, the ‘insight’ (the economist’s idea), the ‘economist’ (short bio), and two ‘practices’ offering real-world alternatives. This book presents a lively and original approach that will be of interest to economists and non-economists alike, discussing key elements of an economics for a postcapitalist economy and connecting policy insights to real-world problems of today.
The American Middle Class
Author | : Lawrence Samuel |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781134624683 |
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The middle class is often viewed as the heart of American society, the key to the country’s democracy and prosperity. Most Americans believe they belong to this group, and few politicians can hope to be elected without promising to serve the middle class. Yet today the American middle class is increasingly seen as under threat. In The American Middle Class: A Cultural History, Lawrence R. Samuel charts the rise and fall of this most definitive American population, from its triumphant emergence in the post-World War II years to the struggles of the present day. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, powerful economic, social, and political factors worked together in the U.S. to forge what many historians consider to be the first genuine mass middle class in history. But from the cultural convulsions of the 1960s, to the 'stagflation' of the 1970s, to Reaganomics in the 1980s, this segment of the population has been under severe stress. Drawing on a rich array of voices from the past half-century, The American Middle Class explores how the middle class, and ideas about it, have changed over time, including the distinct story of the black middle class. Placing the current crisis of the middle class in historical perspective, Samuel shows how the roots of middle-class troubles reach back to the cultural upheaval of the 1960s. The American Middle Class takes a long look at how the middle class has been winnowed away and reveals how, even in the face of this erosion, the image of the enduring middle class remains the heart and soul of the United States.
Living Wages and the Welfare State
Author | : Shaun Wilson |
Publsiher | : Policy Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2021-05-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781447341208 |
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Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within a political-economy narrative. Topical and poignant, this book identifies the success of living wage campaigns as central to both welfare state change and alternatives to the Basic Income.