Gas prices, inflation weigh on Americans. Many see lack of clarity on what's happening in Iran.

S INCE DONALD TRUMP took office in January last year, America’s economy has continued to be the envy of the rich world. In ...

Various forces shape individuals' economic classes beyond income, such as education level, marital status, home ownership status, the ability to take vacations and more. 54% of Americans self-identify ...

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, ...

But a president who built a powerful political movement partly on channeling heartland grievances over the faded American ...

Voters are showing even higher levels of economic anxiety today than during the financial crisis era, national polling shows.

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 ...

JPMorgan launched its "American Dream Initiative" on Tuesday. The bank's effort comes as Americans' faith in capitalism is falling. JPMorgan has invested in other efforts to boost the American economy ...

Despite the world-historic amount of hot air coming from corporate America’s AI obsession, there is something happening in our physical reality beneath all this hype around chatbots that lie to you: a ...

There is this idea of American economic exceptionalism, made possible by the absence of entrenched aristocracy, fearless entrepreneurism and positivity, flexible labor and bankruptcy laws, deep ...

In 2021, historian Gabriel Winant authored a remarkable book, The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America, that told the story of both 20th-century Pittsburgh ...

Explore the American Dream's evolution, challenges, and measurement. Learn how success is defined today and if homeownership ...