The Decline and Fall of the Middle Class : and how it can fight back

Unfashionable, unpopular, hard to define, the middle class is on the run, staggering under the twofold impact of taxation and inflation. Yet nearly half the people in this country consider themselves to be in this category -where emphasis is placed on education, thrift and independance - and they ar...

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Auteur principal : Hutber Patrick (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The Decline and Fall of the Middle Class : and how it can fight back / Patrick Hutber
Publié : Harmondsworth, Midd : Penguin Books , 1977
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (172 p.)
Sujets :
  • P. 9
  • Introduction.
  • Part one, The Decline.
  • P. 15
  • Chapter 1, Who are the middle classes?
  • P. 27
  • Chapter 2, How the middle class sees itself.
  • P. 37
  • Chapter 3, Taxation and redistribution.
  • P. 47
  • Chapter 4, How inflation hurts.
  • P. 63
  • Chapter 5, Mr Heath and Mr Healey.
  • P. 73
  • Chaper 6, The onslaugh on the self-employed.
  • P. 86
  • Chapter 7, The battle of ideas.
  • Part two, The Fight Back.
  • P. 99
  • Chapter 8, Does the middle class matter?
  • P. 107
  • Chapter 9, Can organization help?
  • P. 116
  • Chapter 10, How to fight back.
  • P. 124
  • Chapter 11, A child's guide to political economy.
  • P. 133
  • Chapter 12, How to save your school.
  • P. 146
  • Chapter 13, How to scare your council.
  • P. 155
  • Chapter 14, An attitude to tax.
  • P. 165
  • Conclusion-agenda for action.