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Reeves, Richard V.
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Middle class -- United States.
Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Income distribution -- United States.
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Reeves, Richard V.
Middle class -- United States.
Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Income distribution -- United States.
MARC Display
Dream
hoarders
:
how
the
American
upper
middle
class
is
leaving
everyone
else
in the
dust
,
why
that is a
problem
, and
what
to
do
about
it / Richard V. Reeves.
by
Reeves, Richard V.
Brookings Institution Press, 2018.
Call #:
305.550973 R259d
Subjects
Middle
class
-- United States.
Middle
class
-- United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Income distribution -- United States.
ISBN:
9780815734482 (pbk.)
9780815729129 (hc)
Description:
198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Hoarding the
dream
-- A
class
apart -- Growing gains -- Inheriting
class
-- Market merit -- Opportunity hoarding -- Sharing the
dream
-- Check our privilege.
Summary:
"
Dream
Hoarders
sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the
upper
middle
class
and
everyone
else
. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the
class
system in America. In America,
everyone
knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent -- we are the good guys. Not so, argues Reeves. The real
class
divide is not between the
upper
class
and the
upper
middle
class
: it is between the
upper
middle
class
and
everyone
else
. The separation of the
upper
middle
class
from
everyone
else
is both economic and social, and the practice of 'opportunity hoarding' -- gaining exclusive access to scarce resources -- is especially prevalent among parents who want to perpetuate privilege to the benefit of their children. While many families believe this is just good parenting, it is actually hurting others by reducing their chances of securing these opportunities. There is a glass floor created for each affluent child helped by his or her wealthy, stable family. That glass floor is a glass ceiling for another child. Throughout
Dream
Hoarders
, Reeves explores the creation and perpetuation of opportunity hoarding, and
what
should be done to stop it, including controversial solutions such as ending legacy admissions to school. He offers specific steps toward reducing inequality and asks the
upper
middle
class
to pay for it. Convinced of their merit, members of the
upper
middle
class
believes they are entitled to those tax breaks and hoarded opportunities. After all, they aren't the 1 percent. The national obsession with the super rich allows the
upper
middle
class
to convince themselves that they are just like the rest of America. In
Dream
Hoarders
, Reeves argues that in many ways, they are worse, and that changes in policy and social conscience are the only way to fix the broken system."--Publisher.
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