1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgScott MichelmanThe shrinking middle class - CLP Blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MHhrbaMyMO"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/the-shrinking-middle-class/">The shrinking middle class</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/the-shrinking-middle-class/embed/#?secret=MHhrbaMyMO" width="600" height="338" title="“The shrinking middle class” — CLP Blog" data-secret="MHhrbaMyMO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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…is the subject of a recent article from FiveThirtyEight, which explains how the middle class has shrunk over the past 45 years and where those formerly in the middle class have gone (economically speaking). And where have they gone? More Americans are now either at the extremes of wealth or poverty than in the middle (defined as [...]