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Home ownership less affordable for middle-income Americans

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 19, 2014
Incomes aren’t going up—but the cost of homeownership is.
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Income Upshot

Is a future for a comfortable middle class just science fiction?

by Noel King
Sep 17, 2013
A practitioner of the dismal science and a writer of dystopian sci-fi have competing takes on the survival of the middle class.
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Income Upshot

What median income can buy depends on where you live

by Noel King
Sep 17, 2013
The Census releases U.S. median income data today. We visit two families to compare what it's like to live at the national median income and local median income.
Lily Liu’s family makes about $50,000 a year, which is about the same as the national median income. But she lives in Paducah, Ky., which has a local median income of about $30,000 a year.
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Middle class asks: Should we buy our homes?

by Noel King
Aug 5, 2013
President Obama will give a speech in Phoenix on Tuesday about housing and the middle class.
Over the past three years, housing starts have nearly doubled.
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Middle out: Obama's economy and the service sector

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 24, 2013
As the low-paid service sector grows and the old middle-class shrinks -- can the 'middle out' approach help service workers?
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By The Numbers

The 2 simple words in Obama's speech

by Mark Garrison
Jul 24, 2013
Though explicitly mentioned only once, the philosophy of "middle-out" economics informed his entire speech, where he promised to “reverse the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades.”
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Who is the 'middle class' anyway?

by Caitlin Esch
Jul 24, 2013
We took at a look at the workers who make the median wage, and it's not who you'd think.
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How much does the average American worker make?

by Gigi Douban
Jul 24, 2013
Who earns median wage and what kind of education, housing, healthcare and retirement savings can they afford?
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President Obama, Congress and the middle class

by Gigi Douban
Jul 23, 2013
President Obama says he is going to refocus his efforts on the economy. How much can he really do?
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Obama's middle class: How have things changed?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Jul 22, 2013
President Obama returns to Knox College in Illinois to revive his push for economic growth.
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