The Riches of this Land--#44 finished

This is a book about the American middle class, first looking at definition and then why such a rise and what has happened to it.  The author is an economics reporter and this book is a process of several interviews of many years, articles he has written and his research that he combined into this book.  I guess one of the main take aways is too often in a middle class discussion women and minorities seem to be left out when really it is their participation in work which gave the middle class the rise after WWII.  There is a lot of information and ideas packed into this book that me typing a few sentences about it would not do it justice.  I didn't get any big takeaways here, writer does sort of mention that these issues are complicated to solve and really have to start at a base level of person to person.  A lot to think about here.  A good read.

There are no copies on PBS site but at this point I am keeping book, maybe loan out to friends or post down the line.