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April 30, 2026

Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods

In a recent report with Stephen Rose, I argued that the narrative of a “shrinking middle…

April 11, 2026

There Are Many Reasons to Cheer Up About the State of the Middle Class

This piece originally appeared at National Review Online and is reprinted here with permission. Statistics show that…