The Middle-Class Dream's Substack
Writing on the middle-class dream - and why it's slipping away
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The Taxpayers Would Leave. The Promises Would Stay. (opens the original)
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Globalization Won. The Factory Town Lost. (opens the original)
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The Rich Save the Difference. Everyone Else Puts It on a Credit Card. (opens the original)
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Your Life Is Waiting in Someone’s Inbox (opens the original)
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The Child Didn’t Become Too Expensive. Life Became Too Late. (opens the original)
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