They taught you to fear the obvious thieves—the ones with masks and crowbars. But no one warned you about the invisible thief: the one that creeps in through the cracks of the financial system. Or the one that makes your paycheck feel smaller every year, while prices go up and your dreams slip further out of reach.

They taught you to fear the obvious thieves—the ones with masks and crowbars. But no one warned you about the invisible thief: the one that creeps in through the cracks of the financial system. Or the one that makes your paycheck feel smaller every year, while prices go up and your dreams slip further out of reach.