Challenge has published many pieces arguing that the standard of living in the United States has suffered in recent decades. But not everyone agrees there is a serious middle-class squeeze. Here is a counterargument.

It is widely believed that one of the achievements in recent decades has been the closing of the wage gap between men and women. In any single year, this is true. But measured over fifteen years, these economists finds that women's earnings are still far behind men's. They still cannot work as...

In this paper, state expenditures are analyzed with respect to their impact on the creation and realization of surplus value. In order to do this, the categories of productive and unproductive labor are developed and tied to the causes of economic crises. State expenditures are divided into...

Barry Bluestone of the University of Massachusetts and Teresa Ghilarducci of the University of Notre Dame show that although the poverty rate for elderly Americans has declined over the past three decades, the total number of persons in poverty has grown and the number of poor nonelderly adults...

Barry Bluestone of the University of Massachusetts and Teresa Ghilarducci of the University of Notre Dame show that although the poverty rate for elderly Americans has declined over the past three decades, the total number of persons in poverty has grown and the number of poor nonelderly adults...