In the town that launched the War on Poverty 48 years ago, the poor are getting poorer despite the government's help. And the rich are getting richer ...

WASHINGTON — As the income gap between rich and poor widens, a majority of Americans say the growing divide is bad for the country and believe t...

By Bruce Watson AOL Daily Finance Occupy Wall Street is slowing down a bit as winter sets in, but the conversation it inspired is still gaining m...

By Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal The Saturday Essay on the rise of the "High-Beta Rich" and growing volatility of the 1 percent generat...

From 24/7 Wall St.: Seems as though the American Dream is just that — a dream. If you were born into a middle class family, there is a high chance t...

We the people were heroic in rescuing so many Type A's and their financial sectors. I say heroic only because our act now seems selfless. It wasn't supposed to be that way. We had an agreement.

The Republicans who walked out of budget negotiations the other week think they know the answer. They insist that higher taxes would threaten our frag...

Over the last thirty years, the majority of Americans have started working longer hours while earning less, according to a recent report by the Center...

Rich people don't choose to be rude. They simply can't help it. Affluent people -- in terms of income, social status and education -- have trouble de...

Increased consumer spending has fueled hopes that the current economic recovery will keep getting stronger, but behind the encouraging numbers is a li...

A bit fewer than half of Americans count themselves as middle class -- but many of them aren't sure how long it will last: Among people who say they'r...

I have unwelcome news of Andres Piedrahita, the brash Colombian chief shareholder of Fairfield Greenwich.

Warren Buffet says, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."