The middle class is indeed shrinking, but new research reveals the trend is actually good news.

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy. The share of adults who once sat comfortably between poverty and affluence ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American middle class is significantly richer than it was a generation ago. But even as incomes rise, the pressures are real. ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...