Between 1979 and 2024, productivity in the U.S. soared by 80.9%, while hourly pay grew by just 29.4%, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute. This trend has often been referred to as ...

Geography now defines middle-class life as much as income does.Shrinking middle class numbers reveal deeper shifts in how ...

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 ...

Raising a family in today’s economy isn’t easy, especially for the middle class caught between rising costs and stagnant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dennis Hallinan / Getty Images In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons ...

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 ...

It's often the assumptions people make about how the Social Security system works rather than the program itself that quietly ...

The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle class in 2025. Viral videos of average homes are sparking comment ...

Is there anyone who’s middle-class anymore? Looking around me, I feel like I’m the only one left. A unicorn in a world of people who are much richer than myself, or much poorer than I am. No intention ...