Readers respond to our report on micro-living.

One state budget director says he "tracks 20 or so" multi-millionaires' fortunes to inform his own budget planning.

The middle class squeeze continues, and you may find yourself wishing it was 1999.

The Forbes 400 is out and the new numbers on these grand fortunes don’t just stagger the imagination. They stagger common sense.

Reporter Bob Herbert on his new book, Losing Our Way, an intimate and heartrending portrait of America in economic despair.

The long-term unemployed face unique barriers when they try to return to the workforce.

Back in the '80s, their wealth was the equivalent of a small town. Now it's an entire state.

In this book excerpt, the reporter and former New York Times columnist writes about his cross-country trip investigating the lives of the 99 percent.

“Where there is little oversight, and lots of public dollars available, there are incentives for ethically challenged charter operators to charge for services that were never provided.”

Micro-homes could provide a place for those experiencing homelessness to find stability and, perhaps, to live permanently.