middle classes

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That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Tales of withering love leading to betrayal among the upper middle classes are almost as common as murder mysteries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

There are more than 11 million first-generation immigrants in California from all backgrounds and walks of life, from the working and middle classes to the highest echelons of society.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2024

In the late nineteenth century, Irish and German immigrants served the urban upper and middle classes, then left for the factories as soon as they could.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich