Trump's falling approval ratings among middle-class Americans signal a critical challenge for his administration as affordability and economic concerns continue to dominate public opinion. Recent ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Are you in the middle class? In recent years, the lines between classes have gotten blurred, especially with inflation and other economic factors eroding your money. According to the Pew Research ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jasmine Browley's a Chicago-based writer covering millennials at work. For years, the creator economy was painted as a ...

If you had the displeasure of perusing through the social media site formerly known as Twitter over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, you’ve probably witnessed some of the least grateful people in ...

Brian Rolapp is interested in strength, not spectacle. Such strength, Rolapp believes, comes from a PGA Tour that is not overly reliant on a handful of star players, whether they’re already on his ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. We are living in a new Gilded Age. The first, from roughly 1870 to 1890, was marked by dramatic ...

Determining whether you’re rich or part of the middle class can be tricky. So many factors can eat into your income, such as cost of living, grocery bills and how many people you have in your care. It ...

Welcome back to World According to Briggs. Today we're looking at 10 U.S. cities losing their middle class faster than a college kid's apartment loses its security deposit. These places, once symbols ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Everyone wants to be wealthy. Yet as finance coach Dave ...