For a nation that preaches the importance of families, we haven’t done a

very good job of caring for them. Alissa Quart, executive editor of the

Economic Hardship Reporting Project, joins us to talk about why

increases in the costs of health care, childcare and education are

making it increasingly difficult for middle-class families to survive.

Her new book is called “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America” (Scribner).