#middle-class

#middle-class

"The middle class can be rather difficult to define... Nowadays, it's defined more by household income, even if it's not enough to afford a home..."

...more than 4 billion people -qualifies as middle class, meaning they live on incomes ranging from $12 to $120 a day. This represents a diverse economic group made up of people with vastly different lived experiences.

Economic uncertainty means that worries about the cost of living are coming to the fore and political engagement is declining, according to Mohammad Reza Farzanegan.

Social comparison is a natural behavior that escalates in middle-class friendships, where individuals assess themselves against their peers, especially in times of societal pressure.

When you talk to a guy like Steve Bannon, he talks about working folks, and he talks about how we hollowed out the industrial core of this country.