The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

Christopher Lasch
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  1. Much of what is euphemistically known as the middle class, merely because it dresses up to go to work, is now reduced to proletarian conditions of existence. Many white-collar jobs require no more skill and pay even less than blue-collar jobs, conferring little status or...

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