Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: American Middle Class Keeps Getting Richer
April 09, 2026
April 09, 2026
NEW YORK, April 9 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 7, 2026, by senior fellow Jason L. Riley to the Wall Street Journal:
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The American Middle Class Keeps Getting Richer
Study after study finds that the populists of left and right are wrong in their predictions of doom.
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Capitalism is rigged. China is eating our lunch. The middle class is shrinking. This is the constant refrain f . . .
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The American Middle Class Keeps Getting Richer
Study after study finds that the populists of left and right are wrong in their predictions of doom.
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Capitalism is rigged. China is eating our lunch. The middle class is shrinking. This is the constant refrain f . . .