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The US Middle Class Is Doing Fine. Why Are They So Worried?

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The Path to the Middle Class

We've seen incomes rise coming out, but we haven't gotten away from this basic structural issue in the US economy. The path to the middle class is still incredibly difficult because there are still a lot more people than there are in the middle class sitting below them. If you're in the bottom 10%, the bottom 50% of the US economy, you've been struggling and you're going to continue to struggle for some time.

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