{"product_id":"the-middle-class-new-deal-restoring-upward-mobility-and-the-american-dream-9780520423398","title":"The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expansive policy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eblueprint for meaningfully expanding the middle class for the first time in a century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The US middle class was a product of state and federal policies enacted in the wake of the Great Depression. But since the 1980s, lawmakers have undermined what they once built, shredding the social safety net and instituting laws that virtually guarantee downward mobility for all but the most privileged. How can we restore what has been lost? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rigorous and highly readable, \u003ci\u003eThe Middle-Class New Deal \u003c\/i\u003ebreaks down the policies that have decimated working families and proposes reforms to reverse this trend. As Mechele Dickerson shows, part of the problem is that politicians disingenuously conflate the middle class with the \"White lower rich.\" Such propaganda hides how state and federal lawmakers consistently favor education, labor, housing, and consumer-credit laws that erode the bank accounts of lower- and middle-income people--especially those who are not White and don't have college degrees. Weaving together the latest research with the personal stories of Americans struggling to make ends meet, Dickerson provides a clarion call for political leaders to enact a bold agenda like the one that created the middle class almost a century ago. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Mechele Dickerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520423398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. Mechele Dickerson\u003c\/b\u003e is Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankruptcy Law and Practice at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and author of \u003ci\u003eHomeownership and America's Financial Underclass\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"A. Mechele Dickerson \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674872168605,"sku":"9780520423398","price":49.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5161b2a5-e4cb-438b-ae30-e7ecaff819bd.jpg?v=1771915208","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-middle-class-new-deal-restoring-upward-mobility-and-the-american-dream-9780520423398","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}