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The Crisis of the Middle Class and American Power
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Dec 31, 2013 | 10:01 GMT
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October 1950: American steelworker Charlie Grapentine drives his Dodge car to work. He earns 320 dollars per month for a 40 hour week at the United States Steel Corporation works in Youngstown, Ohio. His salary supports his wife Josephine and their two children Charles and Nancy.
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Editor's Note
The following Geopolitical Weekly originally ran in January 2013.
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