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A global take on 鈥榤iddle class鈥�
Ira Porter
Donald Trump went to the White House Correspondents鈥� Association annual dinner Saturday night for the first time as president. The event was interrupted by a shooter just as it was starting. Our Washington bureau chief Linda Feldmann describes what it was like to be there.
Also, contributor Aakash Hassan and staff writer Lindsey McGinnis explore the global pinch in home ownership 鈥� a deepening problem not just in the United States, but in places like India, Nigeria, and the Netherlands, too.
One question this prompts: What actually is the middle class? According to one economist they interviewed, it鈥檚 anyone making constant 鈥渆conomic choices鈥� about how to spend limited discretionary income. That segment of the population is growing globally. But many in it feel the choices available to them are dwindling, especially when it comes to buying a house.
