But he is a typical product of Peru's provincial middle class: he is mestizo (of mixed race), speaks no Indian language and went to a private school.

ECONOMIST: Peru

Those brought up in a middle-class family could manage 9.4, and those whose economic and social experiences had been mixed were in the middle.

ECONOMIST: Neuroscience and social deprivation

Diversity has always been a mixed blessing of the reality genre, which is one of the few places that network television invites working-class people to appear as themselves.

NEWYORKER: My Strange Addiction