PositiveThe Washington PostPearlstein’s chief complaint is not the workings of capitalism per se but the excesses of inequality that characterize the particular form it has taken in the United States. Indeed, the core question of his book is just how much inequality capitalism can really accommodate without bursting at the seams ... those at the bottom have so little power to right the wrongs Pearlstein chronicles that his solutions seem appealing but far from imminent. Nonetheless, we need this voice to remind us of what is at stake when seemingly anodyne legislation governing tax, pensions, and even where polls are located and how long they remain open is debated. Inside antiseptic language lie the mechanics of the inequalities Pearlstein has brought to our attention in this powerful, idealistic book.
Alissa Quart
PositiveThe Washington PostWhat Squeezed adds to the picture is a keen understanding of the bewilderment, shame and self-doubt that millennial parents now feel ... Squeezed captures well the toxic combination of American individualism and the disrupted evolution of particular professions that has left millions of millennials in a more fragile financial condition than they expected would be their lot in life ... Squeezed could just as easily have been titled Duped because the underlying assumption that millennials should have seen this disaster coming is palpable throughout.
