Archive: Victor Tan Chen

• WCP: The Dual Economy

  Increasing inequality has squeezed many Americans out of the middle class and into the working class. In this week’s Working-Class Perspective, Victor Tan Chen reviews Peter Temin’s book, The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in the Dual Economy. Chen argues that Temin’s ‘duel economy’ framework illuminates the challenges facing our economy, but falls short of proposing realistic solutions for the “corrupt and unresponsive political system” that he sketches out.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Economic Inequality, Inequality, John Russo, Peter Temin, Sherry Linkon, Vanishing Inequality, Victor Tan Chen, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives