"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...
The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...
Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.
Reaching a certain level of wealth by midlife has become a key benchmark for Americans who want financial stability, freedom ...
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 president’s net approval rating among the middle class declined from -10 in October (43 percent approve, 53 percent ...
Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...