This text analyzes the worsening distribution of income and wealth in America. It determines that the middle class has declined and the majority of economic benefits have been concentrated into fewer hands. It also outlines strategic changes in economic policy to prevent further class conflict.

Paul E Peterson, Christoph Strobel

Preface 1. From Middle Class to Underclass to Class War? 2. Money, Wall Street, and the New American Plutocracy 3. The Deliberate Path Toward a New American Class Structure 4. The Disenfranchised Middle Class 5. Class Warfare American Style 6. Some Solutions for Class Harmony 7. Summary, Observations, and a Prediction on the Problem