3. The Boogie-Woogie in the Favela, or the Brazilian Attraction to the American Standard of Living

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.

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The American Standard of Living

Monthly Review ◽

10.14452/mr-006-06-1954-10_2 ◽

1954 ◽

Vol 6 (6) ◽

pp. 202

Author(s):

Eugene V. Debs

Keyword(s):

Standard Of Living ◽

American Standard

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

International Migration Review ◽

10.1177/019791838001400302 ◽

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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