WASHINGTON — In a recent speech, President Barack Obama referred to the “middle class” 14 times, defining it as a family that makes up to $250,000 a year. Republican challenger Mitt Romney has looked ...

A growing number of middle-class families are struggling to afford the basics of housing, childcare, food, transportation, and healthcare. These cost increases mean that even families classified as ...

In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama placed heavy emphasis on the middle class and middle class economics. Consequently, in this month’s political report, AEI polling expert ...

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University, about the difficulty of defining what "middle class" is today. We asked ...

Who makes up the middle class? Surveys suggest that half to 90 percent of Americans consider themselves members of the economic middle class. These respondents may have annual gross earnings of ...

My long-awaited book, The Chinese Dream: The Rise of the World's Largest Middle Class and What It Means to You, is finally released. Many people asked me how I define the Chinese middle class. Below ...