don peck lives in washington d.c. and it is always a pleasure for us at the bookstore to welcome a local doctor here especially for debut. so we welcome don peck. we also welcome c-span booktv audience. thank them for joy in us. the format tonight is don peck will speak at this podium for 20. kissel 25, 30 minutes. he will present the book and tell us why he wrote it and we will open up the second half of the hour to you for questions and what we ask is that the one microphone we have this evening can be difficult with a crowd this size but since we are taping and it will keep the talk of a bull for those not here we will field questions from that microphone. we do encourage your questions and your input after the q&a. don peck will sign books up here at this table. his books are for sale in front of the store. that is how we will go. we want to thank you for being here and for don peck. don peck is a national award winning writer of features editor at the atlantic where he covers the economy and american society. act

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but again, we just want to welcome you and say thank you for being here and for don peck.ere he covers the economy and american society and actually the september issue of the atlantic which result now and also available here for sale features a cover story by can the middle class if be saved it is an essay adopted from this book pinched and also collect a sacred figure to the atlantic for their help promoting the cement on this particular event. pinched is about the enduring impact the great recession will have on american life. how economic, society and cultural norms have been deeply and acted and subsequently redeemed and will continue to be altered, transformed. work environments, tell the dynamics, the personal identities have been turned on their heads and likely will stay that way. the scars of the past several years and other words will remain in the near and distant future. meanwhile the chasm between the wealthy elites and the rest widens and the concentration of the gulf threatens to halt further hobble the middle class. cities and communities suffer from the s

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