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1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Section 1. Setting the scene : a rising tide no longer lifts all boats -- Section 2. Policy lessons : creating quality work, raising incomes and building greater economic security -- Section 3. Looking ahead : a cautionary tale. |
| Summary |
"The issue of living standards is arguably the biggest challenge facing economists and politicians in the United States and the United Kingdom today. The product of a year-long fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, "The Squeezed Middle" brings together leading experts from both sides of the Atlantic to ask what the UK can learn from the US experience of stagnating wages and rising living costs. American workers have not benefited from growth for an entire generation: adjusting for inflation, the average American worker today earns as much as the average American worker did in 1975. During the last decade British workers have had a similar experience--they can no longer assume that when the economy grows their wages will grow with it. With contributions from a number of leading economic and policy thinkers, this collection analyzes the impact of different policies on those with low to middle incomes and explains what lessons the UK can learn from America's so-called lost generation"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cost and standard of living -- United States.
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Cost and standard of living. |
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United States. |
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Cost and standard of living -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Wage-price policy -- United States.
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Wage-price policy. |
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Wage-price policy -- Great Britain.
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Low-income consumers -- Government policy -- United States.
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Low-income consumers -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics. |
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Low-income consumers. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. |
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Government policy. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Parker, Sophia, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Squeezed middle. Bristol : Policy Press, 2013 9781447308935 (OCoLC)810113780 |
| ISBN |
9781447308959 (electronic book) |
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1447308956 (electronic book) |
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9781447309512 (electronic book) |
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1447309510 (electronic book) |
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9781283975162 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283975165 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781447308942 (hardcover) |
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1447308948 (hardcover) |
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9781447308935 (paperback) |
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144730893X (paperback) |
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