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Middle Class
What’s Killing the US Middle Class?
It's true that the middle class is dying, but not from natural causes. It's being killed. What is responsible for its slow death?
Stats: The Democrats Ignore the Poor at Their Own Peril
Folding the poor into the middle class does not serve the cause of either Democratic presidential candidate's campaign.
The Political Economy of Argentina’s Settlement With the Vulture Funds
The lesson from this is the importance of national economic sovereignty for middle-income countries.
Broken Promises: Smaller Middle Class Has Less Room for Families
The decline of the middle class suggests fewer people feel they belong to the nation's economic and cultural bedrock.
The Federal Reserve Board’s 8 Percent Hike in the Social Security Tax
The intensity of a debate over a tax increase of 0.2 percentage points should have people wondering why candidates aren't talking about a much larger tax increase imposed by …
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Strengthen the Middle Class and the Country With Higher Wages
Los Angeles' progress in pushing for a living wage may be the catalyst the US needs to raise wages across the country.
Middle Class? What Middle Class?
Virtually the only class ever mentioned these days is the middle class, and now that seems on the way out.
How Banks Did More Damage to Baltimore Than Protesters
Wealthy influences and special interests have too much power in Washington, which is why banks have not been held to a higher level of accountability.
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Confronting Brunch
Black Lives Matter and brunch collide in an analysis of the social and political meanings of the meal.
What Trickle-Down Economics Has Done to the US: The Rich Get All the Money
Wealth is being redistributed in the US from the poor and the middle class to the rich.