short readsOct 24, 2017 Among developed nations, Americans’ tax bills are below average Tax burdens in the U.S. are lower than most of its developed-nation peers – in some cases, well below.
short readsOct 6, 2017 Americans deepest in poverty lost more ground in 2016 The official poverty rate last year was close to its pre-Great Recession level, but the share of the U.S. poor in severe poverty increased.
short readsNov 1, 2017 How wealth inequality has changed in the U.S. since the Great Recession, by race, ethnicity and income In the U.S., the racial and ethnic wealth gap has evolved differently for families at different income levels since the Great Recession.
short readsDec 14, 2015 America’s middle class is shrinking. So who’s leaving it? in terms of income status, the past four decades have been very good to people working in financial and natural-resources industries or as executives and managers, but not so good for sales workers or people in blue-collar manufacturing jobs.