Taking the median has problems just as serious. A better analysis is: http://www.american.com/archive/2011/september/middle-class http://www.american.com/archi

Taking the median has problems just as serious. A better analysis is: http://www.american.com/archive/2011/september/middle-class http://www.american.com/archive/2011/september/middle-class, demonstrating that the real story may not be so bad for the middle class. As for hours worked, this graph suggests that the value rises and falls with recessions: http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref2 http://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=w...