For years, discussions about the economy have been dominated by warnings about the decline of the middle class. Rising living ...

The middle class is hollowing out; Americans overall are increasingly falling short financially while a few are getting ...

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

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 middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...

The United States' middle class is wealthier than ever, but those in that category still struggle amid an ongoing cost-of-living crisis. In a recent study, the American Enterprise Institute revealed ...