the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, an international body of 30 of the richest countries

tries to compare its members' economic and social data

The OECD ranked the after-tax income of the average worker in the United States as 15th among its member nations. The richest middle class, if measured in terms of the purchasing power of their income, was Britain.

The price of oil has risen more dramatically in the United States than in other nations because of the dollar's large devaluation.

Outside of Hungary, the US has the most extreme income inequality in the OECD.

middle- and lower-income Americans are being squeezed by the flood of money going to the superwealthy.

the rich are still getting proportionately richer.