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 ...

South Africa’s middle class is vanishing, squeezed between opulence and poverty. In Johannesburg’s Sandton, where affluence defines the skyline, professionals are now allocating up to 20% of their ...

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 ...

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 ...

For marketers planning for 2026, the only thing certain is uncertainty as tariffs, geopolitical strife and softer consumer spending continue to roil the business, according to WARC’s latest industry ...

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 ...

More families are moving up into higher income brackets, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute said, throwing ...

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

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

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