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Author Tamara Draut Discusses the New Working Class Part 2/3
There was a time when the American working class wielded real political and economic clout, but now, the members of the new working class, largely invisible and politically powerless, can barely make ends meet. But is the new working class a sleeping giant that is beginning to wake up to its untapped political power? Tamara Draut says yes and she makes her case in her new book, "Sleeping Giant."
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