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

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

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 ...

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 Wall Street Journal opinion in the Reformer on Friday, Jan. 16 ("About that 'disappearing' middle class"), presents dollar amounts for various economic classes to try to make the point ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The idea of being middle class in The Bahamas used to be relatively straightforward – you had a steady job, you could keep up ...

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

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 ...