THE ECONOMIC clock has been running backward for millions of working-class Americans. But for the coming generation of young workers, the situation is especially hard.
The idea of the American Dream for workers--including the expectation that each generation would be able to do better than the previous one--was always an exaggeration that left out important parts of the working class, especially people of color.
But in today's world, the "American Dream" has become an American nightmare for almost all working people--and nowhere more so than for young workers who can't even look forward to holding their own, but instead face a much harder life than that of their parents.
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