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About That 'Disappearing' Middle Class
The Wall Street Journal
|January 12, 2026
Yes, the middle class is hollowing out-because more are rising upward.
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We're pleased to report the American middle class is indeed "hollowing out" because ever more Americans are earning their way into higher income brackets. That runs counter to today's populist gloom on the left and right, so thanks to economists a
This story is from the January 12, 2026 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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