The middle class faces pressure from slowing income growth and rising debt, threatening political stability
The middle class is shrinking and its economic power diminishing in the U.S. and other rich countries, a development that threatens political stability and economic growth, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
At the peak of its powers in 1985, the aggregate income of the middle classes was four times that of the richest group. Three decades later, it had fallen to less than three times. And while income growth for the middle classes has been slow over that period, the cost of...
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