There's a particular kind of financial stress that doesn't look like stress at all. It looks like a freshly leased BMW in the ...

According to the Pew Research Center, approximately half of all American households are considered to be part of the middle class. This equates to roughly 165 million people. Typically, people in the ...

There is something deeply uncomfortable about the idea that the things we buy to show the world we're doing well might actually be screaming the opposite. The new car in the driveway. The designer bag ...

One of the great questions facing China is whether or not its economy can continue to produce the rapid gains in welfare for its giant population that the country has witnessed over the past 30 years.

According to the Pew Research Center, approximately half of all American households are considered part of the middle class. This equates to roughly 165 million people. Typically, people in the middle ...

Several factors make it more challenging to maintain middle-class lifestyles than it was at the turn of the century. The (current state of the) economy and inflation are two of the biggest challenges.

China is far from the first country to endure slowing economic growth following its ascent from agrarian poverty to middle-income status. In fact, middle-income countries are disproportionately likely ...