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Waiting on Retirement NOW IN PAPERBACK The Myth of Millionaire
Aging and Economic Insecurity Broke and Patriotic Tax Flight
in Low-Wage Work Why Poor Americans Love How Place Still Matters for the Rich
Mary Gatta Their Country
Cristobal Young
As the labor market shifts to the gig
Francesco Duina
As U.S. states consider raising taxes
economy and new strains restrict Why are poor Americans so on their wealthiest residents, there
social security, the American Dream patriotic? In Broke and Patriotic, is a very real concern that these
of secure retirement becomes Francesco Duina contends that the high rollers will board their private
farther out of reach for up to half best way to answer this question is jets and fly away, taking their
of the population. Mary Gatta takes to speak directly to America’s most wealth with them. In The Myth of
the case of restaurant workers to impoverished. Spending time in Millionaire Tax Flight, Cristobal
examine the experiences of aging bus stations, Laundromats, senior Young examines a trove of data on
low-wage workers. She explores the citizen centers, homeless shelters, millionaires and billionaires and
factors shaping what it means to public libraries, and fast food distills down surprising insights.
grow old in economic insecurity as restaurants, he conducted over 60 While economic elites have the
her subjects face race- and gender- revealing interviews in which his resources and capacity to flee high-
based inequities, occupational participants explain how they view tax places, their actual migration
health hazards, and the bitter reality themselves and their country. is surprisingly limited. Ongoing
that the older they get the fewer economic potential is tied to the
This book offers a stirring portrait
professional opportunities are avail- place where the rich become
of the people left out of the national
able to them. Importantly, Gatta successful, and that success
conversation. By giving them voice,
demonstrates that these problems ultimately diminishes both the
Duina sheds new light on a sector
are pervasive, as more industries incentive and desire to migrate. This
of American society that we are
adopt the worst workplace practices important book debunks a powerful
only beginning to recognize as
of service work. She offers incisive idea that has driven fiscal policy for
a powerful force in shaping the
commentary on what can be done to years, clearing the way for a new era.
country’s future.
stave off this bleak future.
“This is superlative ethnography, “With grace, sophistication, and
“Mary Gatta provides a timely allowing voices too little heard to unprecedented data, this important
call to action, stressing that we speak for themselves, and to do so book feeds public debates on
need one fair wage and long-term with pride. Social understandings inequality, public policy, and the
economic security.” can be furthered more by this book health of American democracy.”
—Saru Jayaraman, than by any other at present in —Martin Gilens,
author of Forked the marketplace.” author of Affluence and Influence
—John A. Hall,
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