More families are moving up into higher income brackets, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute said, throwing cold water on the idea that America's middle class is disappearing because ...

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

Once the backbone of the American dream, the middle class is gradually vanishing, and with it, the sense of security it provided for so many. Rising costs, stagnant wages, and economic shifts are ...

Most studies purporting to find a shrinking middle class are prone to a variety of measurement and analytical problems.

As AI technology continues to improve and the impacts of COVID-19 linger, many jobs are becoming obsolete. Unfortunately, dozens of middle-class jobs are in that mix. Many of these are decent-paying ...

When we think of middle class life, several things come to mind: owning a home, stable childcare, food in the pantry, a sense of security. But as the rich get richer in Massachusetts, the middle class ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. stockphoto mania / Shutterstock.com Moving up the financial ladder doesn’t always look the way people expect. According to a 2024 ...

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 ...

We’re pleased to report the American middle class is indeed “hollowing out”—because ever more Americans are earning their way into higher income brackets. That runs counter to today’s populist gloom ...

I read with great interest Katie Johnston’s article in the Globe’s series on Massachusetts’ disappearing middle class (“For people striving to break into the middle class, hard work is no longer ...