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Select chapters from the forthcoming The State of Working America 2008/2009 are avalable here.

Select chapters excerpted from The State of Working America 2006/2007 are archived below. [See all chapters listed in Table of Contents.]

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Read Chapter 1: Family Income: "New economy" drives a wedge between productivity and living standards

Read an excerpt from Chapter 3: Wages: The Union Dimension

Read Chapter 5: Wealth: Unrelenting disparities
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Read Chapter 8: International comparisons: How does the United States stack up?
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