TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quart,Alissa
TI  - Squeezed: why our families can't afford America 
SN  - 9780062412256
AV  - HT690.U6 Q37 2018
U1  - 305.5/50973 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Middle class
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index; Inconceivable : pregnant and squeezed -- Hyper-educated and poor -- Extreme day care : the deep cost of American work -- Outclassed : life at the bottom of the top -- The nanny's struggle -- Uber dads : moonlighting in the gig economy -- The second act industry : or the midlife do-over myth -- Squeezed houses -- The rise of 1 percent television -- Squeezed by the robots
N2  - "Families today are squeezed on every side--from high childcare costs and harsh employment policies to workplaces without paid family leave or even dependable and regular working hours. Many realize that attaining the standard of living their parents managed has become impossible. Alissa Quart ... examines the lives of many middle-class Americans who can now barely afford to raise children. Through ...  firsthand storytelling, Quart [posits that] our country has failed its families"--
ER  -