CLASS CONCERN
11/19/2025 |
The share of the US population that describes themselves as middle class has slid from a very solid 85% a decade ago to just 54% today. Relatedly, the percentage that now consider themselves lower or working class is over 40%. This suggests that a very large and growing section of society no longer sees themselves as upwardly mobile and sees the finer things as increasingly out of reach. Quite troubling.