It would start by addressing the way in which middle-class income is drained off before it ever reaches the middle class.
And if we have a situation in which middle-class people are earning a decent living, where we've got bottom-up economic growth, then I think that's good for everybody.
You might argue, for instance, that in many countries rising incomes and structural economic change have created a new and larger middle class, weakening support for public services (which the middle class pays for) and undermining trade unions (which tend to be anti-liberal).
Over the past few years China has been swept by two broad social changes, both of which reflect middle-class influence.
The trading statement said the positive figures were despite political instability in some of Aggreko's markets, which include Middle East countries.
The deal gives the company flexibility to match several brand names with the areas it serves, which means middle-class Northeasterners could see more Pathmark and fewer Waldbaum's stores in their neighborhoods.
And so, in advance of a five-day trip to Europe in which the Middle East will be a topic of acute interest, I chose to speak about what peace will require.
These dolls open in the middle to reveal a smaller doll, which opens in the middle to reveal a yet smaller doll...and so on.
And so what you had was a situation in which the very top was getting very wealthy, but the middle class, which is the beating heart of our economy, and those aspiring to get into the middle class, were finding it harder and harder to get ahead.
He started Wild Guanabana, which was the Middle East's first carbon neutral travel company.
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The company essentially cuts out credit card companies which act as middle men and take a percentage of every transaction.
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The growth prospects of BRIC nations, however, often overshadow the importance of one major market for Baskin-Robbin, which is The Middle East.
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In between crossing each road, pedestrians must wait on the paved area in the middle which is surrounded by a 3in raised kerb.
That means altogether the bottom 60% of income earners, which includes the middle class, paid less than 0% of total federal individual income taxes as a group on net.
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In the cities, banks maintain branch networks which serve the middle class and high net worth customers, said Mallon, although the cities also have a high percentage of unbanked people.
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The 36-year-old is the youngest member of the executive committee of football's world governing body and is also president of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), which covers the Middle East. region.
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Structural forces, which include growing middle classes in emerging economies and a greater demand for proteins, along with economic considerations such as the quality of feed quality used to increase productivity play a role.
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We had gone -- from 2001 to 2009, there was a period in which the average middle-class family lost 5 percent of their income -- 5 percent of their wages -- during that period.
Other countries have also rung up hefty bills since the 2008 financial crash, but are at a much later stage of development than China, which faces a middle-income trap as its cheap labour pool dries up.
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Arrested in April 1996, Mr Kaczynski matched much of the FBI's Unabomber profile which described a middle-aged white male who was "familiar with university life, " took great pride in bomb-making, and had links to Chicago and Northern California.
The average wealth and education of voters in the Defence area meant that NA-250 was the place where PTI, which appeals to middle-class and upper-middle-class voters fed up with traditional patronage politics, stood its best chance of winning a seat in Karachi, the country's economic capital.
In April of that year Brazilians with household incomes ranging from 1, 064 reais to 4, 561 reais a year, which is the middle of the country's income range, were found to make up nearly 52% of the population, up from 44% in 2002 and only one-third in 1993.
The answer hangs on how the global economy performs in the second half of the year, which will dictate oil demand, and the situation in the Middle East, which will dictate supply.
In its School Organisation Review, Suffolk County Council is replacing the three-tier system of primary, middle and secondary schools with the two-tier system which cuts out the 40 middle schools.
Besides BBC Persian, satellite channels include MBC Persia and Farsi1, which airs local-language versions of entertainment shows like "Malcolm in the Middle" and which is half-owned by News Corp.
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His unbroken stand of 77 with Brad Haddin (22) helped Australia reassert their superiority after an England-dominated middle session during which Finn and James Anderson (2-40) cut through the hosts' middle order.
Higher prices at the pump, which affect predominantly lower and middle income households, could become a drag on the U.S. consumer, which makes up about 70% of GDP.
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This share tops all of North America, which accounts for 8 percent, Europe and Russia, which account for 13 percent, and even the Middle East and Turkey, which together account for 12 percent.
It's the groups first official discussions with a major power, which is also a Middle East peace mediator.
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