Has the middle secured its share of growth or been squeezed?

In striking contrast to the notion that democracy is under threat because ‘the middle’ has been ‘squeezed’ over recent decades, Iversen and Soskice (2019 Iversen, Torben, and David Soskice (2019). Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press. [Google Scholar]) in their book, Democracy and Prosperity, present an optimistic account about the future of democracy. This paper...