A Wild Motley Throng: Immigrant Expenditures and the 'American' Standard of Living

1980 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 342 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Standard Of Living ◽  
American Standard

Epilogue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily E. LB. Twarog
Keyword(s):  
New Deal ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Liberal Economy ◽  
Food Activism ◽  
American Standard ◽  
The New Deal

The election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 encouraged a growing cadre of socially conservative housewives whose agenda focused on conservative social issues that matched the shifting neo-liberal economic ideology that was taking root. These conservative housewives saw themselves in opposition to the elite, politically connected feminists who, they felt, derided their contentment as housewives. As the New Deal vision of state intervention to protect the American standard of living faded, domestic politics 1980s style would be defined by individual over collective needs. The Epilogue is a reflection on the state of food activism in the neo-liberal economy. It considers US as well as global protests and organizing efforts to lower the high cost of food as well as provide access to healthy, affordable foods.

The American Standard of Living

1954 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Eugene V. Debs
Keyword(s):  
Standard Of Living ◽  
American Standard

A Wild Motley Throng: Immigrant Expenditures and the ‘American’ Standard of Living

1980 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 342-356
Author(s):  
R.J. Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Consumer Expenditure ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Expenditure Patterns ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
American Standard ◽  
Econometric Tests ◽  
Using Data

Using data gathered in an early twentieth century study of consumer expenditure patterns, this paper presents several econometric tests of the assertion that the consumption behavior of immigrants differed markedly from that of native Americans.

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