The share class='bold'>of Americans who say that they are in the class='bold'>lower middle or class='bold'>lower class has risen from a quarter class='bold'>of the adult population in 2008 to around a third today.

Asia s Almighty Middle Class

The Middle Kingdom s Middle Class

The majority class='bold'>of small to medium properties were owned by the middle class.

Latin America s Middle Class Mirage

The American upper class is estimated to constitute less class='bold'>than 1 class='bold'>of the population, while the remaining 99 class='bold'>of the population lies either within the middle class or working class.

The main beneficiaries class='bold'>of public spending are the poor and the middle class.

Are US Middle Class Incomes Really Stagnating?

The middle class is also a big beneficiary.

But Ahmadinejad s radical Islamist views and his support among religious, class='bold'>lower middle class Iranians have not protected him from Khamenei.

The vast majority class='bold'>of the middle class expansion is taking place in emerging Asia.

This new middle class is no longer constrained by the patronage systems class='bold'>of the village, but it also does not enjoy the cozy relationship that links the old middle class with the class='bold'>elite.

Today, the best way forward is to update financial and communications technology to class='bold'>offer a full array class='bold'>of enlightened banking services to the class='bold'>lower middle class and the poor.

The patience class='bold'>of Japan s middle class, rocked by economic crisis, finally cracked.

This is middle class hatred class='bold'>of the white working class, pure and simple.

Moreover, the American Dream seems to be slipping out class='bold'>of reach, in part because a good education, which seems to be the passport to prosperity, is increasingly unaffordable for many in the middle class.

She understood the class='bold'>lower middle class, shared its material aspirations and moral prejudices, and argued for government spending cuts in the language class='bold'>of the housewife managing the weekly accounts.

The class='bold'>world s middle class will have swelled from one billion consumers to three billion.

It has to do with many middle class women s emotionally complex expectations and projections about money.

For at least a short time, in spite class='bold'>of all his blunders, middle class opinion was in his favor.

In short, there is a difference between a society with a growing middle class and a middle class society.

In many cases, adjustment policies and the downsizing class='bold'>of the public sector have led to a hollowing out class='bold'>of the middle class.

To empower the domestic market to drive income growth, and to accelerate the growth class='bold'>of the middle class, these numbers need to shift.

The welfare state resisted its critics and the pain class='bold'>of stagnating economies by making collaborators class='bold'>of the middle class.

His father (also Charles) was the youngest son in a large middle class family class='bold'>of thirteen children.

It is clear that all over the western class='bold'>world, particularly in the last 20 years, those at the top class='bold'>of the income ladder have done much better class='bold'>than those in the middle or at the bottom.

Intuitively, the middle class can see that this is the end class='bold'>of an era.

The middle class is a class class='bold'>of people in the middle class='bold'>of a social hierarchy.

President elect Barack Obama made the plight class='bold'>of the middle class a central plank class='bold'>of his successful campaign.

In the United Kingdom, 42 class='bold'>of child subsidies goes to middle class and wealthy families.

The everyday consequence for the middle class is a stagnant paycheck and growing job insecurity.

First, as India s middle class expands, more must be done to ensure that economic growth is inclusive.

Given 15 to 20 more years class='bold'>of this unsatisfactory progress, Mexico will become a class='bold'>lower middle class country like Portugal, Greece, or Poland.

The middle class has increased to around 35 million and the upper and upper middle classes to around 17 million in recent decades, and power is shifting from rural landowners to the urbanised class='bold'>elites.

In other prosperous democracies, the middle class provides the glue that holds society together.

On the other hand, successful prclass='bold'>ofessionals and entrepreneurs believe that they have come by their wealth legitimately.

Slowing the growth class='bold'>of the pension and health care programs for middle class retirees cannot be done abruptly.

This group contained many middle class families that moved to the growing cities, establishing small businesses and light industry.

In the meantime, America went from being a middle class society to one increasingly divided between rich and poor.

At the beginning class='bold'>of the twentieth century, upper middle class households had a substantial staff class='bold'>of cooks, maids, nannies, and cleaners.

Characterization Tony appears to be a very handsome, popular and academically gifted young man, with a typical English middle class background.

The core class='bold'>of his electoral support, however, came from the modern middle class, college students, women, and urban workers.

Estimé, politically the class='bold'>most moderate class='bold'>of the three, drew support from the black population in the north, as well as from the emerging black middle class.

class='bold'>Thanks to German manufacturers, pianos were no longer restricted to aristocratic salons or the prclass='bold'>ofessional middle class, but began appearing in respectable working class homes.

Bates, who was considered class='bold'>lower class, was brought from the Gatehouse Prison.