Are American Families Worse Off?

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Just how precarious are American families’ financial situations right now? In his new book, High Wire, Los Angeles Times economic correspondent Peter Gosselin traces 25 years of shifting economic risk from business and government onto the backs of working families.

We’d like to know how the economic downturn is affecting your life. Do you feel significantly worse off financially than you did 5 years ago?

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