Mechele Dickerson

University of Texas-Austin

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Professor at the University of Texas-Austin School of Law, whose research focuses on the US housing crisis and consumer debt; author of Homeownership and America's Financial Underclass: Flawed Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions

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There's good news today: the  US economy grew 5%  in the summer quarter.  But bad news continues: that growth is not trickling down to everyone.

Is America Losing Its Middle Class?

There's good news today: the US economy grew 5% in the summer quarter.  But bad news continues: that growth is not trickling down to everyone.

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