Millions of Americans are facing a serious financial problem that has no name

Flickr / Alan Levine More than a half-century ago, Betty Friedan set out to call attention to “the problem that has no name,” by which she meant the dissatisfaction of millions of American housewives. Today, many are suffering from another problem that has no name, and it’s manifested in the bleak financial situations of millions of middle-class — and even upper-middle-class — American households. Poverty doesn’t describe the situation of middle-class Americans, who by definition ear...