the middle class is shrinking rapidly in the u.s., israel, germany, canada, finland and sweden.e middle class will have consequences for economic growth and the social fabric. economists long expected this in things like brexit and the election of donald trump. the oecd prescribes cutting classes on the middle class, raising them on the rich, access to affordable housing, containing health care and improving worker skills and training. many of those suggestions, as you know, will be talking points of progressive u.s. presidential candidates >> lower life expectancies and the shrinking of the middle class. thank you very much, christine. >>> social media can be a distorting force in our political discourse. >> news flash. >> not a surprise. but perhaps this will be a surprise. it is overwhelmingly affecting democrats and what they think they know about what's going on here. john avlon as the reality check. >> that's right. if you believe what you read on twitter you might think the democratic electorate is entirely made up of proto socialists trying to outwoke each other in a dai