LEADER 03175nam 22005055 450 001 9910811915503321 005 20200526040355.0 010 $a0-300-25373-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300253733 035 $a(CKB)4100000010160533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6034434 035 $a(DE-B1597)546454 035 $a(OCoLC)1139895530 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300253733 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010160533 100 $a20200526h20202020 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Fragile Middle Class $eAmericans in Debt /$fTeresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook 205 $a2020 edition. 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (405 pages) 311 $a0-300-25189-0 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tTables -- $tPreface to the 2020 Edition -- $tPreface -- $tChapter 1. Americans in Financial Crisis -- $tChapter 2. Middle-Class and Broke: The Demography of Bankruptcy -- $tChapter 3. Unemployed or Underemployed -- $tChapter 4. Credit Cards -- $tChapter 5. Sickness and Injury -- $tChapter 6. Divorce -- $tChapter 7. Housing -- $tChapter 8. The Middle Class in Debt -- $tAppendix 1. Data Used in This Study -- $tAppendix 2. Other Published Studies -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aWhy 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 606 $aBankruptcy$zUnited States 606 $aConsumer credit$zUnited States 606 $aFinance, Personal$zUnited States 615 0$aBankruptcy 615 0$aConsumer credit 615 0$aFinance, Personal 676 $a332.7/5/0673 700 $aSullivan$b Teresa A., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0278192 702 $aWarren$b Elizabeth, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aWestbrook$b Jay Lawrence, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811915503321 996 $aThe Fragile Middle Class$93988098 997 $aUNINA