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Tracking the Decline: Middle-Class Security in the 2000s

by: Tatjana Meschede, Laura Sullivan, Brandeis University; and Donald L. Redfoot, Enid Kassner; AARP Public Policy Institute, from: Public Policy Institute, January, 2013

The security of the middle class has faltered in the wake of the recession, a trend expected to have long-lasting effects as Americans move toward retirement. Among working-age middle-income families, those defined as “secure” fell by 38 percent from 2004 to 2010 and the proportion defined as “vulnerable” grew by 42 percent. … Back to Article

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