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The economy was growing, more and more people owned their own homes, workers had solid contracts with the panies that employed them, and nearly everyone who wanted a higher education could have one. Successful people enjoyed upward social mobility. They may have started out poor, but they could bee rich. Successful people also found that they had greater geographic mobility. In other words, they found themselves moving to and living in a variety of places. The middle class collectively holds several values and principles. One strong value is the need to earn enough money to feel that one can determine one39。s own economic fate. In addition, middleclass morality embraces principles of individual responsibility, importance of