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The vanishing middle ground Many of the jobs that are disappearing today won’t come back	A generation of failure For a while, it looked like young workers had finally caught a break. It didn’t last long.	Making bad times good Many are finding the recession can deliver unexpected benefits
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Pay up or get out The middle-class life has been built on debt for over a decade. Now that bill is due.	Retiring into the unknown With our nest eggs in ruins, the feds look at pensions for everyone	Forget the ’70s There are no simple solutions for the plight of the middle class, but all is not lost