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The rise of the global middle class : how the search for the good life can change the world / Homi Kharas.

By: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: xii, 203 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780815740322
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT684 .K43 2024
Contents:
The Middling Sort -- The First Billion: The Victorians and The Rise Of The West, 1830-1975 -- The Second Billion: Economic Growth in The Third World And Globalization, 1975-2006 -- The Third Billion: China Dreams, But the West Is Alarmed, 2006-2014 -- The Fourth Billion: The Indian Elephant In The Room, 2013-2021 -- The Fifth Billion: Pitfalls Ahead, 2022-2030 -- A New Agenda For The Global Middle Class: Well-Being For 5 Billion People.
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."--Publisher's description
Item type: St-Lambert | Book | 2 week loan List(s) this item appears in: LAMB - New Books Display - Jan.-Feb. 2025
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Middling Sort -- The First Billion: The Victorians and The Rise Of The West, 1830-1975 -- The Second Billion: Economic Growth in The Third World And Globalization, 1975-2006 -- The Third Billion: China Dreams, But the West Is Alarmed, 2006-2014 -- The Fourth Billion: The Indian Elephant In The Room, 2013-2021 -- The Fifth Billion: Pitfalls Ahead, 2022-2030 -- A New Agenda For The Global Middle Class: Well-Being For 5 Billion People.

"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."--Publisher's description

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