{"product_id":"the-squeezed-middle-9781447308935","title":"The Squeezed Middle","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs wages stagnate but living costs keep rising, the pressure on working\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\npeople grows more intense. The issue of living standards has become one of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nthe most urgent challenges for politicians in both Britain and America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n'The squeezed middle' brings together experts from both sides of the Atlantic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nto ask what the UK can learn from the US. American workers have not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nbenefited from growth for an entire generation - the average American worker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nearned no more in 2009 than in 1975. Now British workers are undergoing a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nsimilar experience. No longer can they assume that when the economy grows\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\ntheir wages will grow with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis collection brings together for the first time leading economic and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\npolicy thinkers to analyse the impact of different policies on those on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nlow-to middle incomes and to explain what lessons the UK can learn from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nAmerica's 'lost generation'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis timely book is essential reading for everyone concerned about the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nliving standards crisis, an issue which could decide elections as well as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nshaping the future for millions of working families.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophia Parker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280855019771,"sku":"9781447308935","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781447308935_6db61c8a-da15-4b3b-842d-fd7c7c6cbe65.jpg?v=1772483719","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-squeezed-middle-9781447308935","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}