Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 14,270 -- completely erasing its 54 percent loss between 2007 and 2009. Yet the real median wage is now 8 percent below what it was in 2000, and unemployment remains sky-high.

We define "Creation Nation" as a country in which the private and public sector collaborate to develop and commercialize innovative products and services that create businesses or business opportunities that grow the economy and generate good-paying, value-added jobs.

Believe it or not, income inequality in the United States is worse today than it was back in 1774. That’s what a recent report from the National ...

To most, success doesn't mean a six-figure salary. In fact, the majority of American workers would be content with average level earnings, accordi...

The majority of Americans say they're satisfied with their future prospects, but their feelings have dimmed since 1998, when the U.S. economy was stro...

The American Dream, that well-worn belief that anyone can pick themselves up by their bootstraps, just isn't what it use to be. Income mobility, or...

All fifty states will not carry the US economy to a recovery, if it can recover entirely at all. A careful look at the patterns of aging, births, and ...

Gas prices fluctuate sharply from state to state. Regular unleaded fuel costs $4.17 per gallon in Alabama, while the price is below $3.50 in other sta...

Over at Zero Hedge, guest blogger Graham Summers of Phoenix Capital Research has laid out what life is like for Americans earning the "median" income ...

NEW YORK — It began as an age of economic wonders. A time when a dot-com startup that never came close to a profit spent millions to make a sin...

By now it's become obvious that the wealthy aren't immune to the recession. In October, The Wall Street Journal reported foreclosures were growing in...

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.- Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group wou...

A new report by the Pew Research Center highlights a paradox of the American middle class: Most people, no matter where they fall on the economic spec...