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Goldman says the economy is rewarding capital ownership over labor — and most Americans don't own enough of it to benefit

The labor share of income has fallen to a record low, the lowest in 80 years. What is going on here, exactly?

Fortune

Welcome to the 'upper-middle-class trap': why $300,000 a year doesn't feel like winning anymore

Investopedia put a $5 million price tag on the American Dream, but Nick Maggiulli says six-figure earners are more financially fragile than they look.

Fortune

More non-college-educated men are living at home and falling out of the labor market, thanks to rising rents and forcing a decline in marriages

“Very real economic forces” are “limiting the options for non-college-educated men,” said Gabrielle Penrose of the American Institute for Boys and Men.

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The Marriage Gap Is America's Most Overlooked Source of Inequality

Every dollar of well-intentioned government assistance comes with a behavioral price tag that we've largely refused to count.

Reason

'We should absolutely be concerned about non-college-educated men today': higher rents, living at home, falling out of the labor market

“Very real economic forces” are “limiting the options for noncollege-educated men,” said Gabrielle Penrose of the American Institute for Boys and Men.

Fortune

Turns out the American middle class didn't die. It got richer—and felt poorer

Since 1979, the American Enterprise Institute calculated, the ranks of the upper middle class, earning $133,000 to $400,000, more than tripled.

Fortune

Earning $133K to $400K? You Could Be Upper Middle Class in America—Even If It Doesn't Feel Like It

The upper middle class has tripled since 1979 to become the biggest income group in the US, but rising costs leave many families feeling stretched.

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Yes, the Middle Class Is Shrinking—Because It's Moving Up

The real squeeze comes from government-distorted markets, not economic decline.

Reason

The Poverty Line Isn't a Vibe

A more robust welfare state won't change the fact that tradeoffs exist, even for relatively wealthy Americans who choose to have kids.

Reason

Is the Poverty Line Really $100,000?

Plus: The Adams staffer purge, therapyspeak in Tennessee's special election, and more...

Reason

No, Trade With China Did Not Kill the U.S. Economy

A new comprehensive review finds the negative effects of trade with China have been significantly exaggerated.

Reason

J.D. Vance Says 7 Million Able-Bodied Men Have Dropped Out of the Labor Force. Where Are They?

There are many explanations for the slow, long-term decline in work force participation among American men. Undocumented immigration doesn't seem to be a major factor.

Reason

SCOTUS Case Could Quash Democrats' Wealth Tax Plans

Plus: Why people believe doomer narratives, schools seek to define social media platforms as public nuisances, and more...

Reason

Arkansas Ban on Gender Transition Treatments for Minors Ruled Unconstitutional

Plus: New rules limit asylum applications, the bad math behind economic doomerism, and more...

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Scott Winship: Governments Can't Increase Birthrates. They Shouldn't Even Try.

The right and the left are pushing pro-natalist polices that have never worked and are deeply misguided.

Reason

Can Governments Increase Birthrates? Should They?

Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about the limits of population control with Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Scott Winship.

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Storks Don't Take Orders From the State

Falling birthrates, pro-natalist policies, and the limits of population control

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Ramesh Ponnuru: Family-friendly federal policy should be a priority

This is peak season for conceiving babies. Coincidentally, this December has also seen a debate over whether and how to expand the child tax credit, and that debate has brought more attention to another one: Why have U.S. birth rates been dropping?

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Mitt Romney's Family Plan Isn't Great, but It May Be Better Than the Alternatives

Whether the federal government should be subsidizing families at all is another matter.

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