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From the archives: ‘What Went Wrong’ by Donald Barlett and James Steele

These articles originally ran in The Inquirer on Oct. 20 and 21, 1991, part of an extensive investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele examining “the decline of the middle class.”

These articles originally ran in The Inquirer on October 20 and 21, 1991. Below are the first two parts of “What Went Wrong," a nine-part investigation by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Donald Barlett and James Steele on the examining “the decline of the middle class.”

Part One: How the game was rigged against the middle class

Part Two: The lucrative business of bankruptcy