The middle class may be the foundation upon which the United States was built, but a number of recent studies suggest the working class is being left in the dust. A study from the Pew Research Center ...

Once, the middle class was synonymous with financial security. The average American household earned enough for basics plus a home, a car and vacations as well as savings for retirement and kids’ ...

In 1965, the median household income was around $6,900 — enough to buy a home, raise a family, and still save money on a single salary. The postwar economy was built on structural supports like union ...

The Wall Street Journal reports on a decades-long shift of wealth in America: The share of families in the "upper middle class" has roughly tripled over the past half-century, with about 31% of ...

"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 ...

ChatGPT started with the basics. In 1971, about 61% of American adults lived in middle-income households. By 2021, that number had dropped to 50%. That’s a massive shift in just 50 years. But the ...