This group has the makings of a global class whose members have as much in common with each other as with the poor in their own countries.
If parents are given the freedom to choose the schools that work best for their children and teachers are given the freedom to teach in ways they know work, our kids will vault to the top of the global class.
The global middle class now totals 2 billion people that spend 6.9 trillion annually.
In 2009, the Chinese consumer accounted for 4% of global middle class consumption.
All this gets me back to the reason why I believe there are no global plaintiff class action firms.
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McKinsey forecasts that, in the next twenty years, the global middle class will nearly triple to around 4.6 million people.
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According to the renowned consulting firm McKinsey, twenty years ago, the global middle class was comprised of roughly one billion people.
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It explains that rapidly rising resource prices will result from by the increasing demands of the growing global middle class against supply side constraints.
Rising wealth has also established a new global middle class that the World Bank estimates will be more than 1 billion strong by 2030.
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It predicts a rising global middle class, urban density increases, 50 percent growth in demand for food, water and energy, among many other results.
Over the next decade or so a new global middle class will emerge, with estimates of its size varying from 1.2 billion to 4 billion people.
But despite that rapid growth, in 2005 this global middle class accounted for only 6% of the world's population and in 2030 it will still make up only 15%.
Some Indian politicians and diplomats do not like Britain's large aid programme because this is not the image of a land with global middle class aspirations they want to project.
The gap in attitudes between the global middle class and the poor seems greater in most of eastern Europe and Spanish-speaking Latin America than in, say, Egypt, India and Brazil.
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Nevertheless, the U.S. was often near the top of the class in global tests of academic achievement.
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European sovereign debt is THE RISKY ASSET CLASS in global markets today.
Nelson is meant to clue you in on a book's context by providing online commentary, fact-checking, and statistics about cultural impact, which is great when you're studying global warming for a class, perhaps, but seems a little over the top if you're curling up with the latest Left Behind novel.
The editor of the survey, Phil Baty, said uncertainty in education in England could see world-class universities collapse into global mediocrity.
The Chinese middle class is an emerging global force that can serve as a catalyst for a more balanced world for all.
The recent release of pictures of Wozniacki's Wimbledon dress confirms the benefits of marrying a world-class designer with a global brand and an athlete at the top of her game.
Agnostic on market timing, he is bullish on the global economy -- a world-class optimist.
Over the past 20 years, London turned itself into a truly global financial centre, luring world-class companies to the City to raise capital.
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While the Chinese middle class (see my definition of the Chinese middle class) will alter the global economy in the years ahead, there are obstacles to Chinese consumers increasing their spending.
"Mr. Corzine was recruited to revitalize a troubled company, and during his entire tenure as CEO he worked tirelessly with the board, firm management and world-class consultants to improve MF Global's operations and performance, " Goldberg said.
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