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1 de oct. de 2008 · For many middle-class Americans, the findings show, financial stability is fragile—almost any setback can be disastrous. The erosion of job stability, divorce and family instability, the visible and invisible costs of medical care, the burden of home ownership, and the staggering weight of consumer debt financed with plastic combine to threaten the financial security of growing numbers of ...
1 de oct. de 2008 · The Fragile Middle Class Americans in Debt. Teresa A. Sullivan and Others 5.0 • 2 Ratings; $37.99; $37.99 ... as well as debtors’ own poignant accounts of the reasons for their bankruptcies. For many middle-class Americans, the findings show, ... The Fragile Middle Class. 2020 Census 2020. 2020 Marginal Workers, Marginal Jobs.
Between 1996 and 1998 the American middle class paid off 26 billions in credit cards and consumer debts through home equity mortgages. As an attorney for debtors in bankruptcy for over 25 years I recommend this book to understand middle class income instability and the increase in bankruptcy filings.
The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt : Sullivan, Teresa A, Warren, Elizabeth, Westbrook, Jay Lawrence: Amazon.es: Libros
Jay L. Westbrook, The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000) (with Teresa A. Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren). Details Publication Date 2000 Publisher New Haven: Yale University Press. Log In. Visit Us. 727 E. Dean Keeton Street Austin ...
The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt, by Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook: Contemporary Sociology. / Carruthers, Bruce G. 2001. Research output: Other contribution
The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt. By Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000. xviii + 380 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper). In the business section of the Boston Globe on August 25, 2001, a first page headline dramatically suggested that "Bankruptcy filings on track to beat '98 record."
