Socioeconomic Barbell as an Investment Driver: Deploying Capital in a Bifurcating Economy

The phrase socioeconomic barbell describes a structure where there is a pronounced and increasing number of members of society at the ends of the economic spectrum: the high and the low income, combined with a diminishing middle class. This term is metaphorically derived from a barbell used in weightlifting, which has heavy weights on both ends with a lighter bar connecting them in the middle. Read more.