http://www.metafilter.com/tags/middleclasses Posts tagged with 'middleclasses' at MetaFilter. Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:28:14 -0800 Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:28:14 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/20945/ <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/20/magazine/20INEQUALITY.html">For Richer</a>: the first in a <i>New York Times</i> series on class in the United States. Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman declares the death of the middle class, pointing out disparities between the rich and the poor, examining efforts to cover up class makeup with quantile data, and probing the transformation of corporate executive ethics and influence. Even <a href="http://www.instapundit.com">Glenn Reynolds</a> is taken to task for his Sweden-Mississippi per capita GDP comparison. <a href="http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/nytmag.html">Krugman's sources</a> are on the slim side, but the question must be asked: Are we living in a new Gilded Age? And, if so, how can citizens and government work to change things? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.20945 Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:28:14 -0800 classes economics glennreynolds middleclasses newyorktimes paulkrugman poverty sociology weath ed