Unlike fat and happy middle-class America, the developing world has a lot of unmet needs and pent-up demands--not for faster Internet connections and SUVs (yet), but for simple stuff such as telephones and cosmetics.
The only thing what will save Republicans now is if the investor class is happy and votes to give Republicans another turn at the wheel.
Some commentators believe the political class are happy with the situation.
My sixth-grade class was reading this happy, snoozy tale about a girl and her horse, and my friend Michelle sneaked me the Wyndham book, which chronicles the end of the civilized world.
But societies need middle incomes to thrive not a hundred thousand millionaires and 100 million C Class lower middle income workers happy to have a refrigerator and an entry level Volkswagen.
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Yet the mayor realises where the proof of the pudding lies: whether middle-class parents en masse will feel happy to send their children to inner-city schools.
Perhaps more important is the fact that some very well off individuals seem happy to spend their own money in opposition to their class interests.
Its central relationship, between an upper-middle-class man and his working-class lover, has been described as sentimental, its happy ending dismissed as wish-fulfilment.
The lawyers behind a class-action lawsuit against the company over Wi-Spy will certainly be happy to hear that Google has admitted to a privacy violation.
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It was the Italian's first wet-weather pole since Imola in 1996, when he was in the 125cc class, proof that if Lorenzo is heading for the exit door Rossi is happy to hold it open - and even give him a boot up the backside on the way out for good measure.
While the middle class has no intention of allowing its own entitlements to be cut, they are perfectly happy to allow the rich to pick up a larger chunk of the tab or let those who are not yet born face the music when they reach retirement.
But at a time when most working-class white voters are furious at the Democrats, the states where these voters are concentrated have become a happy hunting ground for Republicans.
Capello will have been happy with how his under-strength side stuck to their task in searing heat, but Brazil had too much class and quality for England, who could not overcome the absence of so many high-profile stars.
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