LooseLeaf for Sociology: A Brief Introduction
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Author: Richard T. Schaefer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8.1, Problem 2LD
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To find: The dangers of the shrinking middle class.
Shrinking middle class:
The shrinking middle class people are the middle class people of Country U who has been shrinking over the period from 61% of households in Country U in 1971 to 50% in 2015. Thus the middle class are stated as the households that earns between two-thirds and twice the income of the median household.
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LooseLeaf for Sociology: A Brief Introduction
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