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December 10, 2015 09:48 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/v_mtQfYS0-Y/america-shrinking-middle-clas.html
America: shrinking middle class, growing poverty, the rich are getting richer
A new Pew report analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors finds that America's middle class has shrunk to the smallest share of the US population for the first time in four decades; while the share of national wealth owned by the middle class has dwindled and the share of wealth controlled by the rich has grown. The number of poor Americans has also grown, as middle class families slip into poverty. (more…)
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