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The Rise of the Global Middle Class
How the Search for the Good Life Can Change the World
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2023
Summary
The middle class is the most successful group in world history. Sometime before 2030 the fifth billionth person will join the middle class. What started a little over two hundred years ago as a search for a better life has fueled unprecedented global transformation. In his new book Homi Kharas looks at how this powerful dream captivated generations through history, but its demands have led younger generations to ask if it is all worth it. Can the middle class continue to thrive, or will it falter under the stresses of automation, consumerism, pollution, and political strife?
The Rise of the Global Middle Class traces the history of the middle class from its origins in Victorian England to present day India. Along the way we meet knocker-uppers who have been displaced by alarm clocks. We learn how the Chinese Communist Party drew legitimacy from its ability to enlarge the Chinese middle class.
Kharas proposes a new middle-class manifesto that addresses the pressing issues of inequality, climate change, and technological advances.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-4032-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-4033-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
204
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CONTENTS No access
PREFACE: The Good Life No access
Chapter 1. THE MIDDLING SORT No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 2. THE FIRST BILLION: The Victorians and the Rise of the West, 1830–1975 No access Pages 19 - 60
Chapter 3. THE SECOND BILLION: Economic Growth in the Third World and Globalization, 1975–2006 No access Pages 61 - 84
Chapter 4. THE THIRD BILLION: China Dreams, but the West Is Alarmed, 2006–2014 No access Pages 85 - 108
Chapter 5. THE FOURTH BILLION: The Indian Elephant in the Room, 2013–2021 No access Pages 109 - 124
Chapter 6. THE FIFTH BILLION: Pitfalls Ahead, 2022–2030 No access Pages 125 - 150
Chapter 7. A NEW AGENDA FOR THE GLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS: Well-Being for Five Billion People No access Pages 151 - 168
