A. Mechele Dickerson - Restoring the American Middle Class One Policy at a Time | The Daily Show
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“It’s not just that the middle class is suffering because of one thing; they’re suffering because of everything.” A. Mechele Dickerson, University of Texas law professor and author of "The Middle-Class New Deal: Restoring Upward Mobility and the American Dream," joins Jon Stewart to discuss how the government created the middle class they’ve now abandoned, how mortgage interest deductions, HOA exclusions, and school hours hinder the middle class, and how to restore the tentpoles of pension jo...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Middle Class (concept)
- A Middle Class New Deal (book)
- Caitlyn Dickerson (person)
- Homeownership (concept)
- Political Leaders (organization)
- Racism (concept)
- FHA (concept)
- Unions (organization)
- Mortgage Interest Deduction (concept)
- Gig Economy (concept)
- Exclusionary Zoning (concept)
- Congress (organization)
- Wealth Gap (concept)
- Student Loan Debt (concept)
- Redlining (concept)
- Housing Wealth (concept)
- Trickle Up Economics (concept)
- GI Bill (concept)
- Blockbusting (concept)
- diversity (concept)