People from lower social-class backgrounds are less likely to negotiate for workplace benefits, and they tend to face harsher social penalties when they decide to ask for more. This difference in ...

Michele Gelfand has studied and taught negotiation for years. A professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, she sees negotiation as a skill that is imperative for ...

Being in the middle class used to be synonymous with having it all — a good living that enabled you to own a home, a car, go on vacation and still have money left over to save. Now, however, the ...

Saving for retirement is something best done on a consistent basis. Yet, data points to a pullback in long-term savings contributions among middle-class American workers. A Primerica survey found that ...

The nation’s affordability crisis has not spared middle-class families, one-third of which struggle to afford basic necessities such as food, housing, and child care. Across the 160 U.S. metro areas ...