A new study shows that the middle class isn’t shrinking in the traditional sense, so much as it is splitting into two ...

In a recent report with Stephen Rose, I argued that the narrative of a “shrinking middle class” was based on a kernel of truth, but one that undermines economic pessimism. We showed that while 36 ...

Once the backbone of the American dream, the middle class is gradually vanishing, and with it, the sense of security it provided for so many. Rising costs, stagnant wages, and economic shifts are ...

The personal finance website MoneyGeek analyzed incomes in U.S. cities and found that the number of middle-class households is quickly falling in some of them. According to its analysis, there are ...

Comedian Joe Rogan recently raised concerns about widening wealth gaps, the decline of the middle class and the growing ...

When we think of middle class life, several things come to mind: owning a home, stable childcare, food in the pantry, a sense of security. But as the rich get richer in Massachusetts, the middle class ...

We’re pleased to report the American middle class is indeed “hollowing out”—because ever more Americans are earning their way into higher income brackets. That runs counter to today’s populist gloom ...