Stories by Louis Uchitelle

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The Decline of the "Two Breadwinner" Family: How Long-Term Unemployment Threatens to Demolish the Middle Class

Posted on: May 8, 2011, Source: The Nation

The two-income family was once a means for staying in the middle class. One of those incomes is rapidly disappearing as more and more husbands or wives lose a job.

Excerpt: The Disposable American

Posted on: Apr 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Mental health professionals are just beginning to recognize that layoffs chip away at human capital by eating at self-esteem on a mass scale.