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

It's fair to say that class plays a significant role in whether people get into the C-suite or not. Indeed, research shows that workers from working-class backgrounds are over 30% less likely to be ...

Regardless of whether we admit it, we’re all a bit curious (and maybe competitive) about how we stack up economically. Are you really middle class? If so, where do you stand within that group? In a ...

For decades, researchers have debated how social class affects a person’s likelihood of helping others. There are two main schools of thought on the topic. One hypothesizes that because lower-income ...

In 1958, sociologist August Hollingshead and psychiatrist Fritz Redlich wrote a pioneering book called Social Class and Mental Illness. They began the book with a memorable claim: "Americans prefer to ...