If upper class wealth grows 10%, then middle class wealth should grow approximately the same amount - distributed across a much wider portion of the population, it's a smaller increase per capita, but represents a similar amount of wealth.
The middle class has fallen behind on two key counts.
The growth in income for the middle class since 1970 has not kept pace with the growth in income for the upper-income tier.
The share of total U.S. household income held by the middle class has plunged.
America's middle class is feeling the heat from sky-high interest rates and persistent inflation.
Thousands of corporate layoffs have some Americans struggling to make ends meet saying they feel as though they are living in a recession.
The ability for the middle class to find work is what generally separates the wheat from the chaff, at least in first world countries like the United States.
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