When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one survey.

Despite all its problems, the U.S. economy is actually outperforming its competitors, China and the European Union, two ...

From Robert B Menschel Economics Symposium. In April 2024, CFR launched RealEcon: Reimagining American Economic Leadership Initiative with the goal of rebuilding a durable consensus on the U.S. role ...

“ON PRESENT policies and performance, the United States is condemned to slower growth than the other main industrial countries for the foreseeable future.” So declared the Competitiveness Policy ...

What was the worst moment for the American economy in the past half century? You might think it was the last wheezing months of the 1970s, when oil prices more than doubled, inflation reached double ...

When it comes to economic mobility, America is now falling behind other countries. “The American Dream is alive and well—and living in Copenhagen,” Michael Sandel, a well-regarded Harvard professor, ...

With the recent emergence of two adversarial geopolitical blocs, the fantasy of a “liberal world order,” which is currently driving President Joe Biden’s foreign economic policy, must be buried. The ...

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