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The Economic Pains of the Middle Class

The Economic Pains of the Middle Class
A price tag is seen on a sweater at a Thrift Town thrift store in San Francisco, Calif., in a file photo. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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The American middle class, albeit shrinking for decades, is being squeezed right now far more than anyone is admitting. If you open your eyes, you can see it happening everywhere.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]