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2、nywaysfinancialriskhasbeentransferredfromemployers,thefederalgovernmentandinsurancecompaniestoindividualsandfamilies.Gosselinshows,infrighteningdetail,howourlivesasAmericanshavebecomeriskieroverthelastfewdecades.WashingtonPostBookWorldGosselin...doesafinejob
3、ofconnectingthestorieshetellstogeneralideasandtoeconomy-widestatisticalmarkers.NewYorkReviewofBooksGosselinweaveseconomicresearch,intimateportraitsofaverageAmericans,andtheproductsofsomeold-fashioneddiggingintoacompellingnarrative.LikeJacobHackers2006TheGr
4、eatRiskShift,GosselinsbookisaninvestigationintothegradualtearingofAmer-icassocialsafetynet,frominadequatehealthinsurancetopensionplanswithholes.BusinessWeek[Gosselins]writingismademoremeaningfulbyuseofrealpersonal-itiestoillustrateproblems,puttingahumanfac
5、etothenewrealityoffinancialupheaval.Hisbookshouldbeimperativereadingforanyoneconcernedaboutfinancialwoesandtheircauses.OklahomanWithnewdataandreal-lifeexamples,GosselinexplainswhyAmeri-cansmountinganxietyiswarrantedandhoweveryoneisonahighwire,onlyonemisste
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7、caseconomicills,beforethehighwirebecomesatripwireforusall.BarbaraEhrenreich,authorofNickelandDimedandBaitandSwitchHighWireisrequiredreadingforeveryAmericanwhocaresaboutjusticeandthenationsfuture.MarkShields,syndicatedcolumnistandPBSNewsHourcommentatorIncom
8、esandlivingstandardshavebecomemorevolatile,andmanyfamiliestodayareleftbearingrisksthattheysimplycannothandle.PeterGosselinsetsouttobethevoiceoftheordinaryfamily,andhedoesaneloquentandconvincingjobofitinthisim
