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The Great Recession is not done with us yet. While the mostacute part of the economic crisis is past, the recession's mostsignificant impact on American life still lies in the future. Thepersonal, social, and cultural changes that result from severeeconomic shocks build and manifest themselves only slowly. Buthistory shows us that, ultimately, shocks this severe profoundlyalter the character of society.
Don Peck’s Pinched, a fascinating and harrowing exploration ofour dramatic economic climate, keenly observes how the recessionhas changed the places we live, the work we do, and even who weare—and details the transformations that are yet to come. Everyclass and every generation will be affected: newly minted collegegraduates, blue-collar men, affluent professionals, exurbanfamilies, elite financiers, inner city youth, middle-classretirees.
This was not an ordinary recession, and ordinary responses willnot fully end it. The crash has shifted the course of the economy.In its aftermath, the middle class is shrinking faster, wealth isbecoming more concentrated, twenty-somethings are sinking, andworking-class families and communities are changing in unsavoryways.
Don Peck’s Pinched, a fascinating and harrowing exploration ofour dramatic economic climate, keenly observes how the recessionhas changed the places we live, the work we do, and even who weare—and details the transformations that are yet to come. Everyclass and every generation will be affected: newly minted collegegraduates, blue-collar men, affluent professionals, exurbanfamilies, elite financiers, inner city youth, middle-classretirees.
This was not an ordinary recession, and ordinary responses willnot fully end it. The crash has shifted the course of the economy.In its aftermath, the middle class is shrinking faster, wealth isbecoming more concentrated, twenty-somethings are sinking, andworking-class families and communities are changing in unsavoryways.