There are two ways to look at new four-year contract between the United Auto Workers and General Motors that was unveiled yesterday. The first is to note that by the standards of today’s economy, the auto workers got about as good a deal as anyone could imagine. The second is to note that the standards of today’s economy don’t allow for the kind of vibrant, sizable middle class for which America was once famed—and which the UAW’s contracts in particular did so much to build.
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Articles Prospect.org When Even the Good News Is Bad
In September, 2009 Atlantic Monthly named 
