A recent publication of the OECD provides a comprehensive analysis of the status of the middle-income class in the member countries.In two developed countries – Israel and the USA – their share is just a bit higher than 50%

This annual update of the Social Report appears at the height of the Israeli election season, held early because of government fears that it would not be able to mobilize a majority to pass a budget bill that
called for harsh cuts in the social services.

People who talk about the middle class are often referring to very different people. This report clarifies the term, examining Israel’s middle stratum at three points in time: 1992, 2002, and 2010. The report looks at the middle stratum in Israel from the point of view of income distribution , home ownership, ethnicity, occupation, education, and place of residence, among others.

On the Crisis of the Western Middle Class

The middle class is now being asked to foot the bill for the tax cuts that high earners enjoyed over the last decade.