Down the up escalator : how the 99 percent live in the Great Recession / Barbara Garson.

What caused the Great Recession (in three scenes and one phone call) -- Our jobs-- Pink slip club -- Down by the banks of the Ohio -- Innovating the jobs away -- Even bankers can be unemployed -- Our homes -- Show me the mortgage -- Bubble birth control -- Underwater and up the creek -- Strategic default -- Upright man -- House belongs to them -- Old-fasioned forclosure with a modern twist -- Our savings -- Three investors -- Rich or poor, its' good to have money -- Perfect twofer -- Down in a dangerous direction -- To be continued... -- Influences, debts, and love.

Presents the economic chalƯlenges faced by almost all Americans since 2008. Shows the waste in loss and insecurity, and describes how individuals are coping with the stagƯnation of wages and an increasingly reliance on credit. Also examines what happens to a society when it becomes economically organized to benefit only the very rich.