Middle-Class Americans Need a New Deal
A middle-class life is out of reach for too many Americans.
New Deal for the Middle Class
Neither poor enough to qualify for welfare nor wealthy enough to live comfortably, the West’s middle classes need a new deal.
Europe’s Social Democrats Can Learn from Canada
Canada’s Liberals have aligned themselves with the socially liberal middle class and won.
Republicans Need to Solve Middle Class Problems
Republicans needs to be seen as solving middle-class Americans’ problems or they will lose again.
Democrats Resist Weakening Decades-Old Social Model
The era of jobs for life with ever-rising wages and benefits is over. Democrats need to adjust their policies.
Republicans Need to Be the Party of the Middle Class
To win back the presidency, Republicans need to speak the language of the American middle class.
Democrats, Republicans Finally Talking About the Same Problem
Both parties recognize that life has become too hard for middle America. They disagree about what to do.
Bush, Perry Learning from Mitt Romney’s Mistakes
Two former governors are eager to take on income inequality and the erosion of America’s middle class.
Obama Urges Higher Taxes to Arrest Middle Class Decline
The president calls for higher taxes on the rich to finance benefits for the middle class.
America’s Middle Class Has Been Buried
Fallen home prices have wiped out some 40 percent of the median family’s wealth.
Middle Classes in Brazil, India Protest Corruption
People in emerging economies are struggling to put an end to decades of nepotism and graft.
Shorting the Middle Class?
Arianna Huffington complains about what she calls “the real Wall Street crime” at her online newspaper today in an entry entitled, “Shorting the Middle Class.” According to Huffington, big banks, for decades, have been “selling” the American people a promise of unending prosperity while in truth, they facilitated the transfer of wealth from America’s middle […]