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Blogging for The Atlantic, Heather Boushey explains “the rise of ‘middle-out’ economics.”

Investing in high-quality public education, that is accessible to all, is obviously the first tenant of a middle-out economics. But, growing from the middle out also means recognizing the challenges that middle class families face, such as how to sort out caring for the young, the aged, and the infirm in an era when every adult has to have a job just to make ends meet. We need to figure out how to support families in ways that foster their labor force participation and make sure that the next generation is well cared for (and ready to learn when they arrive in the classroom).
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Another clear middle-out policy agenda would be to do more to update our nation’s aging infrastructure. …