Blog: America's New Working Poor

America's New Working Poor: Its Former Middle Class

Blog by Allen Stansbury

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Blog Postings Table of Contents:

Blog Post Topic (as of 2/21/2017) and Date

#137. True Lies Believers 2/21/2017

#136. True Lies 2/5/2017

#135. Our Big Banks Are at it Again 9/22/2016

#134. Losing Ground in Today's US Economy 6/11/2016

#133. The middle class lost ground in nearly 9 in 10 U.S. metro areas 5/23/2016

#132. The Future of Work and the On-Demand Workforce 2/4/2016

#131. How to Gut America’s Middle Class and Implode the US Economy 1/25/2016

#130. Global Inequality 1/25/2016

#129. World Economic Forum - Future of Jobs and Skills 1/21/2016

#128. Are Future US Jobs Losses Because of Globalization and Automation? PART 2 1/2/2016

#127. Are Future US Jobs Losses Because of Globalization and Automation? PART 1 1/2/2016

#126. Young Americans Believe the American Dream is Dead 12/17/2015

#125. It’s Official: The Majority of Americans are No Longer Middle Class 12/12/2015

#124. Student Debt, a Barrier to America’s Middle Class 11/17/2015

#123: Are We Moving Towards a New Recession? 11/4/2015

#122 Poverty in America, Southern Style 10/22/2015

#121. Corporations Rewrite Rules to Reduce Workman’s Compensation Benefits from Job related injuries of the American Worker 10/18/2015

#120. Poverty Researcher Awarded Nobel Prize and What it means for America’s Working Poor 10/17/2015

#119: Changing the Rules of the Economy 10/5/2015

#118: 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) 10/2/2015

#117. Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few – October 2, 2015 Webinar Event 9/29/2015

#116. Recommended Reading for the Week of February 23, 2015 3/1/2015

#115. This Week’s Recommended Reading 2/23/2015

#114. New Feature: Recommended Reading for Week of February 1, 2015 2/7/2015

#113. Secondary Education: College Graduation Inequity Continues to Grow Between Rich and Poor 2/6/2015

#112. Family Finances: Living from Paycheck to Paycheck, More Difficult Than Ever 2/1/2015

#111. Education: Low Income and Minority Students Now a Majority in the Nation's Public Schools 1/24/2015

#110. Where Wages Declined in the US, findings of the National Association of Counties for 2012-2013 1/23/2015

#109. Economic Inequality and the World Economic Forum 1/22/2015

#108. The US Middle Class and Obama’s State of the Union 1/21/2015

#107. MLK Jr. Day – Where We Stand Now: Growing Wealth Gap and Fair Housing in Jeopardy 1/19/2015

#106. Worldwide Inequality 10/25/2014

#105. America’s Economic Stagnation a Consequence of Income Inequality 10/24/2014

#104. Growing Inequality, Downward Mobility for America’s Working Poor 10/23/2014

#103. Nearly 50 Million Americans Continue in Poverty, little change from previous years 10/21/2014

#102. Student Debt and the US Economy 9/26/2014

#101. Is Today’s College Degree, Yesterday’s High School Diploma? 9/22/2014

#100. Poverty Rate Declines, but Income Levels Continue to Stagnate 9/19/2014

#99. US Demographics: Trending Single 9/18/2014

#98. Avoiding the Misclassification Abuse 9/16/2014

#97. Labor Trends: California Enacts Paid Sick leave 9/11/2014

#96. Labor Trends: The Continuing Rise of Worker Misclassification 9/7/2014

#95. Labor Day Issue Part 5: America’s Shrinking Job Creators: Big Business and Big Government 9/5/2014

#94. Labor Anniversary Issue Part 4: America’s Contingent Workforce 9/4/2014

#93. Labor Day Anniversary Issue Part 3: Wage Theft in America 9/2/2014

#92. Labor Day Issue – Part 2: America’s Current Worktrends 9/1/2014

#91. Labor Day Anniversary Issue - Part 1 8/31/2014

#90. Blog Posting Update 8/30/2014

#89. Demographics: Mass Incarceration in the US 5/27/2014

#88. Demographics: Veterans and America’s Working Poor 5/26/2014

#87. The Continuing Squeeze of the US Middle Class 5/7/2014

#86. Reframing the War on Poverty 5/6/2014

#85. More Paycheck-to-Paycheck 4/22/2014

#84. A profile of America’s Working Poor, its Former Middle Class 4/4/2014

#83. Tax Inequity and America’s Working Poor 3/30/2014

#82. Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for America’s Working Poor 3/25/2014

#81. Living Paycheck to Paycheck 3/23/2014

#80. America’s Working Poor are the Long-term Unemployed 3/22/2014

#79. The Next Generation of America’s Working Poor 3/20/2014

#78. Minimum Wage for America’s Working Poor 2/20/2014

#77. Is a College Degree still a Way Out? 2/12/2014 and 2/22/2014

#76. Long-term Unemployment Continues to Persist for the US Middle Class 2/11/2014

#75. Decline of the US Middle Class Adversely Impacts the Business World 2/3/2014

#74. Intergenerational Mobility Update 1/31/2014

#73. Working Poor and Jobless Aid Cut Impacts 1/30/2014

#72. US Post Office and Banking for the Unbanked Working Poor 1/28/2014

#71. Rise of Global Technology and Income Inequality 1/27/2014

#70. For Unbanked Working Poor Americans, new possibilities 1/25/2014

#69. America’s Working Poor Do Pay Taxes – lots of them 1/23/2014

#68. The Poor are Us 1/22/2014

#67. 50 Years of War on Poverty, and How it is Measured 1/16/2014

#66. Economic Impact the Elimination of Jobless Benefit 1/12/2014

#65. The Reality of Today’s US Jobless Situation 1/11/2014

#64. More Hunger for America’s Working Poor 1/7/2014

#63. America’s Working Poor Left Behind in an Improving Economy-A Case Study 1/4/2014

#62. Dramatic Rise in Student Loan Write-offs 1/3/2014

#61. Current Trends Impacting the Social Safety Net 1/1/2014

#60. Part 2: Our Daily Struggle - A New American Tradition? 11/26/2013

#59. Part 1: Our Daily Struggle - A New American Tradition? 11/26/2013

#58 An American Anniversary 11/19/2013

#57 US Hunger Games: Food Scarcities in a Time of Plenty 11/18/2013

#56 You Eat What You Earn-The Working Poor Diet 11/13/2013

#55 An Alternative to the Minimum Wage – “Minimum Income” 11/12/2013

#54 Inequality in America Defined by Zip codes 11/10/2013

#53 Job Numbers Up, Economy Up, Productivity UP, Wages Flat 11/8/2013

#52 New Supplemental Poverty Measurement Figures Indicates further Stability in The US Economy 11/6/2013

#51 Poverty in America Is Mainstream 11/6/2013

#50 Tax Expenditures - How they help the Rich 11/4/2013

#49 Tax Expenditures – How do they help the Working Poor? 11/4/2013

#48 Working Poor, Farmers, and Retailers Lose in Food Stamp Cuts 11/2/2013

#47 How the Tax Code Drives Inequity 10/31/2013

#46 The Federal Tax Code is Driving Inequity 10/30/2013

#45 Other Middle Income America Low-Income Earning Sources 10/25/2013

#44 Our Slow Downward Unemployment Trend – 21 million still out of work 10/23/2013

#43 Guest Editorial: What has happened to the middle class? 10/21/2013

#42 Soaring Rents Means Less Affordable Housing for America’s Working Poor 10/20/2013

#41 A New Majority-the Children of America’s Working Poor 10/17/2013

#40 Over Half of US Fast-food workers on Public Assistance 10/16/2013

#39 Older American's Continue to Delay Retirement 10/15/2013

#38 The Perfect Storm? 10/14/2013

#37 New Norm in US Education? “Separate but Equal” 10/9/2013

#36 Jimmy Carter: "Today’s middle class was my administration’s poverty level." 10/8/2013

#35 Will the US Middle Class Continue to Decline as Youth is excluded from the American Workforce? 10/6/2013

#34 "Inequality for All"-Opening Today 10/4/2013

#33 30 Million American Working Poor Left Uninsured 10/3/2013

#32 Closure of Safety Net Programs Adversely Impacts the Working Poor 10/2/2013

#31 Let Them Eat Cake 9/29/2013

#30 Jamie in Settlement Talks With Holder 9/27/2013

#29 America’s #1 Job Killer: Excess Cash in the Economy 9/23/2013

#28 Jamie and the Whale 9/20/2013

#27 How well are you aware of the level of poverty in the US? 9/20/2013

#26 This Weeks Latest Economic Trends and the Decline of the US Middle Class 9/18/2013

#25 US Banks, Lehman Brothers Aftermath… Part 3 9/16/2013

#24 US Banks, Lehman Brothers Aftermath… Part 2 9/15/2013

#23 US Banks, Lehman Brothers...Aftermath Part 1 9/14/2013

#22 U.S. Wealth Disparity Rises to Record Rates 9/12/2013

#21 Labor-Force Participation Hits 35-Year Low - Part 2 9/11/2013

#20 US Labor-Force Participation Hits 35-Year Low - Part 1 of 2 9/10/2013

#19 Decline of Upward Mobility 9/5/2013

#18 Trends in the Minimum Wage Impact on Purchasing Power for the Working Poor 9/4/2013

#17 Labor Day 2013 - The State of US Middle Class 9/2/2013

#16 "I have a dream" 50 Years Later 9/1/2013

#15 Why this blog? America's New Working Poor, its Former Middle Class 8/20/2013

#14 INTRODUCTION: The American Middle Class: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 8/20/2013

#13 A Portrait of America's New Working Poor 8/20/2013

PART 1: Demographic Trends in the US and Growing Ethnic Diversity 8/20/2013

PART 2: The US Economy and the Decline of the US Middle Class 8/20/2013

PART 3: Income Disparity and the Decline of the Us Middle Class (1980-2012) 8/20/2013

PART 4: The Decline of American Upward Mobility 8/20/2013

PART 5: The US Labor Market and Loss of Middle Income Jobs 8/20/2013

PART 6: The Decline of U.S. Education and the Middle Class 8/19/2013

PART 7: Housing and Banking - Collapse of Middle Class Housing 8/19/2013

PART 8: The Torn Social Safety Net In America 8/18/2013

PART 9: Health and Medical Services and its Impact on the US Middle Class 8/18/2013

PART 10: US Middle Class International Ranking and Generational Mobility Comparison 8/18/2013

PART 11: Impact of International Trade and Other External Factors on the US Middle Class 8/17/2013

PART 12: Recommended Readings on the US Middle Class, Inequity Mobility, and the End of the American Dream 8/17/2013


If you have visited Allen's blog, please send an e-mail to Jim Masters, jmasters@cencomfut.com for further information.