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The Vanishing Middle ClassPrejudice and Power in a Dual Economy$
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The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy

Peter Temin

Print publication date: 2017

Print ISBN-13: 9780262036160

Published to MIT Press Scholarship Online: January 2018

DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262036160.001.0001

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Transition

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The Vanishing Middle Class
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Peter Temin

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The MIT Press
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262036160.003.0004

Education is the way for low-wage workers to move into the FTE sector, as moving to the city was the way to advance in the original Lewis model. Just as slums show the difficulty migrants face in finding good jobs in cities, black and Latino graduates face difficulties finding good jobs in the FTE sector. These difficulties are increased by lack of state support for public universities, leading to increased tuition and the growth of student debt. They are increased further by for-profit colleges that often lead to debt without promising employment.

Keywords:   Transition, education, state universities, for-profit universities, student debt

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