The Middle-Class Jobs Crisis

For nearly twenty years, the Trends editors have been studying the structure of U.S. labor markets and seeing a disturbing trend: an emerging polarization caused by the hollowing out of the middle. What's driving this trend? What are the implications? What can and should be done about it? We'll show you.

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the United States in the coming decade is the decline of its traditional middle class. This group, which made up about 60 to 80 percent of the population, was crucial to.....