[lbo-talk] a nation of haves & have-nots? Americans equally divided...

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 13 16:35:18 PDT 2007


On Sep 13, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Seth Ackerman wrote:


> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> the number of Americans who see themselves among
>> the "have-nots" of society has doubled over the past two decades,
>> from 17% in 1988 to 34% today. In 1988, far more Americans said that,
>> if they had to choose, they probably were among the "haves" (59%)
>> than the "have-nots" (17%). Today, this gap is far narrower (45%
>> "haves" vs. 34% "have-nots").
>>
> That's an extraordinary set of numbers.

How?

Doug



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