Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: Nobody Knows What 'Working Class' Even Means Anymore
May 29, 2026
May 29, 2026
NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary by senior fellow Allison Schrager to Bloomberg Opinion:
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Nobody Knows What 'Working Class' Even Means Anymore
By his own definition, Graham Platner is not working class. Although the Democratic candidate for US Senate from Maine is almost universally identified in news stories as an oyster farmer, he recently told an interviewer:
"My de . . .
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Nobody Knows What 'Working Class' Even Means Anymore
By his own definition, Graham Platner is not working class. Although the Democratic candidate for US Senate from Maine is almost universally identified in news stories as an oyster farmer, he recently told an interviewer:
"My de . . .