president obama s finance committee. is it officially a lost decade for the middle class? it s certainly a lost opportunity. we ve lost ground. and middle class americans are really suffering. the top end has done well though. that s where you get this whole political narrative that the middle is suffering at the expense of the top. the what s happening right now is we re seeing a transformation or a dramatic change in our economy. we ve gone from a manufacturing oriented economy in terms of middle class job opportunities, those jobs are now lost. many of them are lost overseas and so now, our economy is paying for intellectual property and ideas. so we re going to be a much more educated economy and the jobs that are going to be created are going to require a greater level of education. that s happening faster than american families can transiti n transition. don wrote the september cover story, can the middle class be saved. we certainly hope the answer is yes. bu