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Jun 22

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Sobering IMF report on U.S. economy cites dwindling middle class, growing income equality

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A new outlook issued Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund drew some startling conclusions about the U.S. economy. The report asserts that the American middle class is gradually shrinking, the seven-year economic recovery is starting to slow and the pronounced…

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Jun 10

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In today’s economy, even two-income families struggle to make ends meet

By PBS News Hour

Aaron and Mary Murray are middle-class Americans, but they don’t feel like it: though the two teachers make a combined $90,000 a year, they still live paycheck-to-paycheck. Even something as mundane as a stranger accidentally sideswiping their car can put…

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Jun 01

Watch 11:59
Why so many Americans in the middle class have no savings

By PBS News Hour

Could you come up with $2,000 in 30 days if you had to? As many as 40 percent of American families can’t, despite the improving economy. Among them is Neal Gabler, who is frequently broke despite his successful career as…

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May 24

Will the new overtime regulations help or hurt the economy?

By Kristen Doerer

Last week, the Obama administration unveiled new overtime regulations that would double the salary threshold that automatically entitles workers to overtime pay to $47,476.

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May 17

Obama administration extends overtime protections to 4.2 million workers

By Kristen Doerer

If you’re a salaried employee who makes under $47,476 a year, you will now be paid time and a half for every hour you work over 40 hours a week.

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May 12

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There’s less middle in the middle class as income inequality grows, Pew analysis finds

By PBS News Hour

The middle class has taken center stage in this election cycle, and it turns out there are increasingly fewer Americans who qualify. A new Pew analysis finds their ranks have shrunk since 2000 and that in at least 160 metro…

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May 11

Are you in America’s shrinking middle class?

By Laura Santhanam

Over the last two decades, the U.S. middle class shrank across much of the country as income inequality grows nationwide.

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May 04

Column: ‘Mainstream America’ doesn’t actually exist

By Gerald Jaynes

"Mainstream America" is a flawed, dangerous idea.

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Apr 25

Column: How Reaganomics, deregulation and bailouts led to the rise of Trump

By John Komlos

The establishment was good at making big promises, but in the end, they left few crumbs on the table for the middle class.

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Apr 20

How two cities organized their elite enclaves

By Charles Murray

A handful of ZIP codes illustrate how very differently Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Washington metropolitan area have organized into elite enclaves.

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