1. How have deindustrialization, globalization, offshoring and unions affected workers and their families?
2. How has the economy affected social class? How does social class affect families?
3. What's the difference between the working poor, discouraged workers and the underemployed workers?
4. How and why has men and women's labor force participation changed sine the 1980's and how does education affect it?
5. How does a two-person single career differ from a traditional male breadwinner-female homemaker marriage?