While politicians warn of a shrinking middle class, new data shows Americans are actually getting richer.

"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 ...

Confidence across the American middle class cooled this summer as consumers grew more wary about jobs and income, interrupting a brief upswing in sentiment. Middle Class Sentiment Falls For The First ...

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 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 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 ...

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