Hillary to call for changes to lift middle-class wages

New York

IN a speech intended to outline the economic vision she will present throughout her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton on Monday will call for an aggressive rethinking of domestic policy with the single purpose of lifting middle-class incomes that have stagnated for years despite the growth of the economy.

Mrs Clinton will present a stark assessment of a middle class whose weekly earnings have virtually stalled for 15 years, and she will criticise "trickle down" Republican policies as having contributed to a vast concentration of wealth among the richest Americans, according to campaign aides. They offered a preview of the speech, to be delivered at the New School in New York, on the condition of anonymity.