ISBN:
9781610697583
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1087 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Rycroft, Robert S The American Middle Class: an Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty [2 Volumes]
DDC:
305.5/50973
Keywords:
United States - Economic conditions
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Volume One -- Alphabetical List of Entries -- Introduction: The American Dream and the Middle Class -- Prologue: A Portrait of the Middle Class -- Essays -- What Is Middle Class in America? Examining Income and Occupation -- How Americans View Themselves: The Dilemma of Class Identity -- The Origins of the Middle Class -- The Future of the American Middle Class -- The Critical Role of Race in Defining the Middle Class -- Portraits -- The American Indian Middle Class -- The Asian American Middle Class -- The Black Middle Class -- The Rise of a New Black Middle Class -- The Hispanic Middle Class -- The LGBT Middle Class -- The White Middle Class -- Part 1: Economic Uncertainty and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essay -- What Happened to the American Dream? -- Entries -- Affordable Care Act and the Labor Market -- American Capitalism in the 21st Century -- Antitrust Policy -- Automobiles and the American Way of Life -- Banks and the U.S. Economy -- Behavioral Economics -- Buchanan, James M. (1919-2013) -- Business Cycles in the United States -- Child Care in the United States -- Climate Change, Economics of -- Consumer Price Index -- Consumer Protection Movement -- Consumerism -- Crony Capitalism -- Deindustrialization -- Earned Income Tax Credit -- Economic Growth, Conflicting Visions of -- Economic Growth, Sustainability of -- Economic Growth Theory and Actual Growth -- Efficient Market Hypothesis -- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics -- Estate and Gift Taxes -- Executive Compensation -- Fast Food -- Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy -- Financial Derivatives -- Financialization -- Fiscal Policy -- Forbes 400 -- Friedman, Milton (1912-2006) -- Gender Wage Gap -- General Assistance Programs -- George, Henry, and the 99 Percent -- Globalization
Abstract:
Government Growth -- Great Gatsby Curve -- Great Recession in the United States -- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) -- Hayek, Friedrich A. (1899-1992) -- Homelessness -- Household Debt -- Immigration and Its Economic Impact -- Immigration and the Middle Class -- Inflation -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Internal Revenue Service (IRS) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- International Trade -- Keynesian Economics -- Measuring Inequality -- Medicare -- Minimum Wage Debate -- Monetarism -- Money in American History -- Mutual Funds -- Occupy Movement -- Phillips Curve -- Piketty, Thomas (1971-) -- Poverty by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the United States -- Poverty Measurement -- Predatory Lending -- Samuelson, Paul (1915-2009) -- Self-Employment -- Social Security -- Stock Market -- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- Supply-Side Economics -- Sustainable Business Practices -- Tax Progressivity -- Taxation, Excessive Burden of -- Technological Unemployment -- Trade and Manufacturing -- Trade Deficits and the U.S. Economy -- Unemployment -- Unemployment Insurance -- Universal Basic Income -- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) -- Wage-Price Policies, 1945-1980 -- Workers' Compensation -- Work-Life Balance -- Part 2: Politics, Public Policy, and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essay -- President Obama and Middle-Class America -- Entries -- Abortion -- Absentee Voting -- Age Discrimination in Employment Act -- Age Discrimination in the 21st Century -- Agricultural Policy -- American Presidency -- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) -- Antiwar Movement (Vietnam War) -- Brown v. Board of Education -- Bush, George W. (1946-) -- Carter, Jimmy (1924-) -- Civil Rights Act -- Clinton, Bill (1946-) -- Clinton, Hillary (1947-) -- Congressional Budget Office -- Digital Divide -- Election of 2000
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Electoral College -- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) -- Equal Pay Act -- Family and Medical Leave Act -- Feminist Movement -- Government Gridlock -- Hate Groups -- Human Rights -- Intergenerational Political Conflict -- Intimate Partner Violence -- Johnson, Lyndon B., and the Great Society -- Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963) -- Kennedy-Nixon Debates (1960) -- King, Martin Luther, Jr., and His Economic Vision for America -- League of United Latin American Citizens -- Libertarianism -- Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) (1925-1965) -- Marijuana Legalization -- Marriage Equality Movement -- Milk, Harvey (1930-1978) -- Neoliberal Economic Policies -- Neoliberalism -- New Space Agenda -- Nonprofit Sector -- Nuclear Age -- Party Affiliation -- Red States and Blue States -- Regulatory State -- Religion and Politics -- Religious Right -- Same-Sex Couples and Health Care -- Sexual Harassment -- Sharpton, Al (1954-) -- Small Business Administration -- Steinem, Gloria (1934-) -- Student Loans and Rising Tuition Costs -- Supreme Court of the United States -- Tea Party -- Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001, American Reactions to -- Warren Court -- Watergate -- Welfare Policy -- Women and Minority Leaders -- Women and Politics -- Women's Suffrage -- Volume Two -- Part 3: Education, Housing, Labor, and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essays -- Education and the American Middle Class -- Homeownership and the Middle Class -- Labor Unions and the Creation of the Middle Class -- Entries -- Affirmative Action in Higher Education -- Charter Schools -- Chávez, César E., and the United Farm Workers of America -- Community College -- Democratic Unionism -- Educational Vouchers -- Fair Housing Act -- Federal Housing Policy -- Financial Deregulation, Housing, and the Great Recession -- GI Bill
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Lewis, John L., and the United Mine Workers of America -- National Labor Relations Act -- Nussbaum, Karen, and the Working Women's Movement -- Public and Subsidized Housing -- Radicalism and the Labor Movement -- Randolph, A. Philip, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- Redlining -- Residential Segregation -- Restrictive Covenants -- Right-to-Work Legislation -- Special Education -- STEM Education -- Unions in the Entertainment Industry -- Upper Middle Class, Emergence of (1870-1940) -- Urban Redevelopment -- Part 4: Health and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essay -- Health, Health Care, and the American Middle Class -- Entries -- Aging -- Autism -- Body Image Issues -- Cancer -- Death and Dying -- Diabetes, Cost of -- Diet -- Down Syndrome -- Eating Disorders -- Fitness Industry -- Food and Nutrition -- Genetic Testing, Ethics of -- Health and Economic Inequality -- Health Insurance -- HIV/AIDS -- Long-Term Care -- Mental Illness -- Obesity, Economics of -- Smoking -- Social Determinants of Health -- Substance Abuse -- Suicide -- Part 5: Crime and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essay -- Crime and the American Middle Class -- Entries -- Alternatives to Incarceration -- Bullying -- Clemency -- Counterterrorism Policy -- Death Penalty -- Drug Trafficking and Its Impact on Crime in the United States -- Drug Use and Crime in the United States -- Environmental Crime: The Case of the Navajo -- Gangs -- Hate Crimes -- Identity Theft -- Juvenile Delinquency -- Mass Incarceration, Politics of -- Organized Crime -- Police Misconduct -- Prison and Public Policy -- Race, Gender, and Class Disparities in the Criminal Justice System -- Racism and the U.S. Prison System -- Recidivism -- Sexual Assault -- Terrorism -- U.S. Prison System -- Violent Crime -- Part 6: Norms and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essay
Abstract:
Middle-Class Ideologies: Norms and Historical Changes -- Entries -- American Family Ideals -- Divorce -- Entrepreneurialism -- Entrepreneurship in K-12 Education -- Environmentalism -- Family Violence -- Homophobia -- Marriage and Family -- Materialism -- Privacy and Big Data -- Racism -- Religion -- Renewable Energy -- Respect for Authority -- School Prayer -- Sexism -- Sustainability -- Part 7: Culture, Media, and the American Middle Class -- Overview Essays -- Culture as a Marker of Middle-Class Aspirations -- The Media Portrayal of the Middle Class -- Entries -- Allen, Woody (1935-) -- Beatles, The -- Beyoncé -- Comic Books -- Country Music -- Fashion -- Ginsberg, Allen (1926-1997) -- Hip-Hop -- Information Economy -- Internet, The -- Mad Men -- Media Representation -- Movies -- Newspapers -- Organization Man -- Popular Music in American History -- Presley, Elvis (1935-1977) -- Rolling Stones, The -- Social Media -- Sports Participation and the Reproduction of Ideology: Lessons from Mixed Martial Arts -- Springsteen, Bruce (1949-) -- Tattoos -- Television -- Contributors -- Index -- About the Editor
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