When researchers use an “absolute definition” instead — one that holds purchasing power constant over time — a different ...

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

All aboard! Join me on a roller coaster ride through middle-class America, where life is good and dreams come true. As we approach the first stop we meet up with Mrs. Middle Class America. She is a ...

Path to Growth – Building and sustaining upper middle class status comes from increasing income, investing in real estate for passive cash flow, and using tax-efficient strategies to accelerate wealth ...

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 ...

Overall, American household debt — which, aside from credit card debt, includes mortgages, car loans and student loans — is ...

When more families cross into the upper middle class, that's a success. Don't let politicians sabotage upward mobility.

We’re pleased to report the American middle class is indeed “hollowing out” — because ever more Americans are earning their ...

Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

Claims of a ‘hollowed-out’ center are difficult to square with data showing an overwhelmingly upward directional movement.

In the commercial and modern capitalist sense, no company has succeeded in monetizing the luxury aspects of the American dream as efficiently as Disney. It may not be as mammoth or wealthy a ...