Richard P. F. Holt is professor of economics at Southern Oregon University.Daphne T. Greenwood is professor of economics and director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

• Foreword Robert H. Frank Introduction Richard P.F. Holt and Daphne T. Greenwood Part 1: Recent History and Prospects for the American Standard of Living 1. Improving the Standard of Living: Income, Quality of Life, and Sustainability Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 2. Economic Well-Being in the United States: A Historical and Comparative Perspective Ajit Zacharias, Edward N. Wolff, Thomas Masterson, and Selcuk Eren 3. Measuring the Standard of Living: Quality of Life and Income Differences in the United States Thomas Michael Power 4. Achieving a Brighter Future from the Bottom Up: Activist Laissez-Faire Social Policy David Colander Part II: Lagging Incomes and the Middle-Class Dream 5. The Future of Middle-Class Jobs: Macroeconomic Effects and Shrinking Unions Paul J. Kozlowksi and Steven Spirn 6. Low-Paid Workers: The Minimum Wage and Employment in the United States and France David R. Howell, Bert M. Azizoglu, and Anna Okatenko 7. Opportunity and Mobility: The American Dream and the Standard of Living Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 8. Reducing Child Poverty in America: The Effects of a Paid Parental Leave Policy Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott III Part III: Policies to Improve Quality of Life and Sustainability 9. Raising US Living Standards by Controlling Climate Change Robert Pollin 10. Food, the Environment, and a Good Standard of Living Emily Northrop 11. Improving the Standard of Living Through Investments in Intangible Capital John Tomer

Richard P. F. Holt is professor of economics at Southern Oregon University.Daphne T. Greenwood is professor of economics and director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

• Foreword Robert H. Frank Introduction Richard P.F. Holt and Daphne T. Greenwood Part 1: Recent History and Prospects for the American Standard of Living 1. Improving the Standard of Living: Income, Quality of Life, and Sustainability Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 2. Economic Well-Being in the United States: A Historical and Comparative Perspective Ajit Zacharias, Edward N. Wolff, Thomas Masterson, and Selcuk Eren 3. Measuring the Standard of Living: Quality of Life and Income Differences in the United States Thomas Michael Power 4. Achieving a Brighter Future from the Bottom Up: Activist Laissez-Faire Social Policy David Colander Part II: Lagging Incomes and the Middle-Class Dream 5. The Future of Middle-Class Jobs: Macroeconomic Effects and Shrinking Unions Paul J. Kozlowksi and Steven Spirn 6. Low-Paid Workers: The Minimum Wage and Employment in the United States and France David R. Howell, Bert M. Azizoglu, and Anna Okatenko 7. Opportunity and Mobility: The American Dream and the Standard of Living Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 8. Reducing Child Poverty in America: The Effects of a Paid Parental Leave Policy Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott III Part III: Policies to Improve Quality of Life and Sustainability 9. Raising US Living Standards by Controlling Climate Change Robert Pollin 10. Food, the Environment, and a Good Standard of Living Emily Northrop 11. Improving the Standard of Living Through Investments in Intangible Capital John Tomer

Richard P. F. Holt is professor of economics at Southern Oregon University.Daphne T. Greenwood is professor of economics and director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

• Foreword Robert H. Frank Introduction Richard P.F. Holt and Daphne T. Greenwood Part 1: Recent History and Prospects for the American Standard of Living 1. Improving the Standard of Living: Income, Quality of Life, and Sustainability Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 2. Economic Well-Being in the United States: A Historical and Comparative Perspective Ajit Zacharias, Edward N. Wolff, Thomas Masterson, and Selcuk Eren 3. Measuring the Standard of Living: Quality of Life and Income Differences in the United States Thomas Michael Power 4. Achieving a Brighter Future from the Bottom Up: Activist Laissez-Faire Social Policy David Colander Part II: Lagging Incomes and the Middle-Class Dream 5. The Future of Middle-Class Jobs: Macroeconomic Effects and Shrinking Unions Paul J. Kozlowksi and Steven Spirn 6. Low-Paid Workers: The Minimum Wage and Employment in the United States and France David R. Howell, Bert M. Azizoglu, and Anna Okatenko 7. Opportunity and Mobility: The American Dream and the Standard of Living Daphne T. Greenwood and Richard P.F. Holt 8. Reducing Child Poverty in America: The Effects of a Paid Parental Leave Policy Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott III Part III: Policies to Improve Quality of Life and Sustainability 9. Raising US Living Standards by Controlling Climate Change Robert Pollin 10. Food, the Environment, and a Good Standard of Living Emily Northrop 11. Improving the Standard of Living Through Investments in Intangible Capital John Tomer