I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but articles like this in the mass media just reek of some larger agenda to convince us that nothing good will ever come of a frugal lifestyle, hard work, and aggressive investing.
Along with the other popular meme right now that wages are too low and the middle class no longer makes a "living wage" anymore, whatever that is.
It's almost as if there's a big election coming up in a year or two...