The forgotten Americans

1. The American Ethos and the American People

2. On the Economic Front Lines: Two American Families

3. Economic Self-sufficiency in Present-day America

4. America's Families, American Workers, and Economic Hardship: The Scope of the Problem

5. Working Americans and Economic Hardship: The Scope of the Problem

6. Other Casualties of the Job Shortage

7. A View from City Hall

8. The Path of Action

Epilogue: A Call for Action.