The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

“The middle class is shrinking” might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

The hollowing out of the middle class has become a bipartisan trope. President Trump’s supporters use this fear of household economic decline to justify his tariffs and industrial policies. Liberals ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...

Claims of a ‘hollowed-out’ center are difficult to square with data showing an overwhelmingly upward directional movement.

The middle class feels like it’s disappearing, so I asked ChatGPT to explain what’s actually happening. The AI came back with data, reasons and context that made the situation clearer and more ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don't feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don't feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...