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CHAPTER 2: THE NEW LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
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Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.
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Uchitelle, Louise. “A Recovery for Profits, But Not for Workers.”
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Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.
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Jesuit, David, and Timothy Smeeding. “Poverty Levels in the Developed World.” Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. July 23, 2002. pp. 8,9; Jesuit, David, and Timothy Smeeding. “Poverty and Income Distribution.” p. 7.
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Glazer, Nathan. “Why Americans Don’t Care About Income Inequality.” pp. 3-4.
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Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.
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McGuckin, Robert H., and Bart van Ark. “Performance 2002: Productivity, Employment, and Income in the World Economies.” p. 5; “Progress on the Lisbon Strategy.” European Commission, 2003. p. 2.
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Honore, Carl. “A Time to Work, a Time to Play: France’s 35-hour Week: Shorter Hours Result in a Social Revolution.”
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Foroohar, Rana, et al. “Eat, Drink, and Go Slow: The Post-Crash Backlash Against American Taste.”
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Jeffries, Stuart. “The World: C’est magnifique! Le weekend Just Goes On and On for French Workers.”
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Honore, Carl. “Slowing the World: Last in a Series.”
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Rhoads, Christopher. “Clocking Out: Short Work Hours Undercut European Economic Drive.”
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Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.
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Mishel, Lawrence, Jared Bernstein, and Heather Boushey.
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McGuckin, Robert H., and Bart van Ark. “Performance 2002: Productivity, Employment, and Income in the World Economies.”
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Scheier, Lee. “Call it a Day, America.”
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“New ILO Study Highlights Labour Trends Worldwide: US Productivity Up, Europe Improves Ability to Create Jobs.” International Labour Organization. September 1, 2003.
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CHAPTER 3: THE QUIET ECONOMIC MIRACLE
1
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