"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

Middle-class families are supposed to feel stable, yet a growing stack of data shows they are being squeezed hard from every ...

While the middle class itself may be shrinking, as a study from the Pew Research Center suggests, the habits, behaviors, and mentalities of adults who grew up in middle-class households are still ...

The top 10 percent and the bottom 20 percent of the city are swelling.

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 ...

The idea of being middle class in The Bahamas used to be relatively straightforward – you had a steady job, you could keep up ...