Lonelier and poorer: the incredibly depressing future for Americans

Matt Phillips:

Let's face it. When push comes to shove, we all die utterly alone.

And apparently, more of us are living that way too, according to recent updates on the declining marriage rate in the US and its negative impact on American family finances.

In an analysis of the US Census Bureau's recently released median household income data, Ben Casselman at WSJ's Real Time Economics examined the entrails of the US Census Bureau's recently-released median household income data and found that the income levels of a "typical" US family correlate with both the state of the US economy and changes in family structure. He writes:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 2, 2013 2:04 AM
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