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david-henry-sterry's picture
Oct.27.2008
Here's a copy of my personal essay that was broadcast on National Public Radio's KQED today.  http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R810270737
tim-clifford's picture
Oct.01.2008
A clear and engaging explanation of how the American economy works.
lillian-b-rubin's picture
Jul.05.2008
"The affluent and happy worker of whom we have heard so much in recent decades doesn't exist," declares Lillian Rubin in this brilliant and moving account of the angers, frustrations, and small joys of life in the American white working class today.  She describes the grim childhood...
lillian-b-rubin's picture
Jul.05.2008
In what is destined to become one of the most important books published this year, Lillian Rubin takes us inside the lives, hearts, and minds of America's working-class families and lets us hear them speak. With an eloquence rivaling that of her earlier classic, Worlds of Pain, Lillian Rubin lays...