Television has historically presented affluence as the norm. Recent shows like “Succession,” and “The White Lotus,” have taken this tendency even further, inviting viewers to hate the über-rich while coveting their five-star amenities. A new set of shows, however, have taken a different approach. Three new offerings center on society’s sinking middle, portraying financial woes and their resultant emotional tensions. They're also the best series of the year thus far, Inkoo Kang writes. Read about how “DTF St. Louis,” “Beef,” and “The Comeback” feel tailor-made to meet our moment of inflation anxiety, affordability crises, and fiscal doomerism:

Everyone is obsessed with getting into Harvard. But in Mass Affluence, you don't actually NEED to go to Harvard. Extraordinary material lifestyles are available to a broad swath of Americans, most of whom never came within 500 miles of an Ivy.

Wealth advisors say a growing number of affluent Chinese are considering additional citizenships as Beijing intensifies scrutiny of offshore wealth, with concerns over taxes, geopolitical uncertainty and greater international mobility driving their interest in alternative passports. But with China banning dual nationality, obtaining another passport comes with significant trade-offs. See where China's wealthy are looking at:

A sudden surge of water and debris swept through the affluent Santiago district of Las Condes on Thursday, dragging vehicles, damaging homes and snarling traffic as heavy rain battered Chile’s capital

Ahead of laying out a platform of tax cuts aimed at affluent Britons at her party’s annual convention, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch told journalists: “We are going back to the authentic Conservative Party that people knew and loved.”