America 's exploding economic inequality threatens middle class , says Paul Osterman . Score: 6 Osterman says that 20 % of U.S. adults work in jobs that pay poverty wages . Only about half of jobs in the U.S. today provide pensions . Until we focus on job quality , we can not expect any significant progress , he says .
America 's exploding economic inequality threatens middle class , says Paul Osterman . Score: 6 Osterman says that 20 % of U.S. adults work in jobs that pay poverty wages . Until we focus on job quality , we can not expect any significant progress , he says .