The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

by Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider (SVP), Rachel Schneider

Book Overview

What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce them

Deep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing everything right, this ideal is still out...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172986
• ISBN13: 9780691172989
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"