Presents a statistical portrait of the standard of living of America's working families. This work analyzes areas such as family income, taxes, wages, jobs, wealth and poverty, and shows how the economy is reflected in the lives of American workers.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, INTRODUCTION: The Living Standards Debate, DOCUMENTATION AND METHODOLOGY, CHAPTER I: FAMILY INCOME: Slow Growth, Rising Inequality, CHAPTER 2: TAXES: A Further Cause of Rising Inequality, CHAPTER 3:WAGES:Working Longer for Less, CHAPTER 4: JOBS: Growing Employment Instability, CHAPTER 5:WEALTH: More for the Wealthy, Financial Decline and Insecurity for the Majority, CHAPTER 6: POVERTY: High Rates Persist Despite Overall Growth, CHAPTER 7: REGIONAL ANALYSIS: Uneven job Growth, Consistent Wage Losses, CHAPTER &:INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: The United States Is Falling Behind in Productivity andWage Growth, APPENDIX A: The Family Income Data Series, APPENDIX B:WageAnalysis Computations, APPENDIX C:The Measurement of Inflation, TABLE NOTES, FIGURE NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, EPI PUBLICATIONS, ABOUT EPI, ABOUT THE AUTHORS