Introduction

william bonvillian is a lecturer at m i t in the science, technology and society and political science departments. He's director of special projects for the m i t office of digital learning, where he leads major research projects on work force education. The american dream promised that if you worked hard, you could move up with well paying working class jobs,. providing a gateway to an ever growing middle class. What happened? You know, campe cabin. It's a painful story. And part of the story is that facturing a particular which was a real entry point for the American middle class for a lot of peoplea between two thousand and two thousand and ten.