- Donald Trump, "Globalization has Wiped out our Middle-class" http://bsccomment.com/2016/06/29/donald-trump-globalization-has-wiped-out-our-middle-class.html 5 comments politics
- The World Is Becoming More Equal Even as Globalization Hurts Middle-Class Westerners https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-08-28/world-economic-inequality 25 comments worldnews
- The World Is Becoming More Equal Even as Globalization Hurts Middle-Class Westerners https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-08-28/world-economic-inequality 6 comments economy
- The World Is Becoming More Equal Even as Globalization Hurts Middle-Class Westerners https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2020-08-28/world-economic-inequality 13 comments politics
- The Middle Class Game Is Up: We're Heading to a Slave Labor Planet. "Thanks to globalization, the American, Australian and European promises of middle-class prosperity are on their way to extinction." http://www.alternet.org/economy/146569/the_middle_class_game_is_up%3A_we're_heading_to_a_slave_labor_planet 4 comments politics
- Eric Schmidt On Inequality: "Middle-class folks whose wages are stagnant are the global economy's biggest spenders. When they don't have money to spend, their lack of spending hurts not just them but all the companies that depend on them for revenue." http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-on-inequality-2014-1 1003 comments politics
- China’s Bruised Middle Class Has Bad News for Global Brands https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-19/china-s-once-spendthrift-upper-middle-class-are-tightening-their-belts 30 comments worldnews
- Why the global middle class is in revolt https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/economy-international-politics/2022/01/why-the-global-middle-class-is-in-revolt 4 comments india
- Are you in the global middle class? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/07/21/are-you-in-the-global-middle-class-find-out-with-our-income-calculator 6 comments economy
- The Global Middle Class Has Tripled in Size Since 2000 https://reason.com/2021/06/24/the-global-middle-class-has-tripled-in-size-since-2000/ 5 comments economy
- Middle class Americans: Not so wealthy by global standards http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/11/news/economy/middle-class-wealth/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 7 comments economy
- Middle class Americans: Not so wealthy by global standards http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/11/news/economy/middle-class-wealth/index.html?iid=hp_highlight 3 comments economy
- Middle class Americans: Not so wealthy by global standards http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/11/news/economy/middle-class-wealth/index.html?iid=tl_popular 23 comments economy
- How Does America’s Middle Class Rank Globally? #27 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-23/how-does-america%E2%80%99s-middle-class-rank-globally-27 3 comments politics
- Millions Are Tumbling Out of the Global Middle Class in Historic Setback https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-emerging-markets-middle-class/ 14 comments politics
- The Pandemic Stalls Growth in the Global Middle Class, Pushes Poverty Up Sharply https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/03/18/the-pandemic-stalls-growth-in-the-global-middle-class-pushes-poverty-up-sharply/?utm_source=pew+research+center&utm_campaign=4232682086-weekly_2021_03_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-4232682086-399486649 3 comments worldnews
- Global middle class shrinks for first time since 1990s https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/18/bbglobal-middle-class-shrinks-for-first-time-since-1990s 184 comments worldnews
- Middle class struggles are now threatening the global economy https://www.fin24.com/economy/middle-class-struggles-are-now-threatening-the-global-economy-20190413 2295 comments worldnews
- The Politics of Backlash - There is a global backlash against rising inequality, stagnant middle-class incomes, politicians for sale, social exclusion, offshoring of jobs, free trade, mass immigration, tax systems skewed for giant corporations and their bosses http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/opinion/the-politics-of-backlash.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Froger-cohen&action=click&contentcollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentplacement=5&pgtype=collection&_r=1 13 comments economy
- Globalism Destroys America's Middle Class http://blacklistednews.com/globalism-destroys-america%27s-middle-class/10889/0/9/9/y/m.html 8 comments economy
- A global housing crisis is suffocating the middle class https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2024-09-29/a-global-housing-crisis-is-suffocating-the-middle-class.html 301 comments economics
- Case of the missing middle class. The global middle class has risen from 7% to 13% of the total population between 2001 and 2011. The myth of the Indian middle class. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-middle-class-2014-general-elections-votebank-politics-census-population-poverty-line/1/272018.html 17 comments india
- A Superpower in Decline: America's Middle Class Has Become Globalization's Loser http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,439766,00.html 52 comments reddit.com
- Everyone in India thinks they are 'middle class' and almost no one actually is (Only 2% are really middle class at global scale) https://scroll.in/article/740011/everyone-in-india-thinks-they-are-middle-class-and-almost-no-one-actually-is 17 comments india
- Why does the wealth of the rich and ultra increase in times of global inflation, whereas that of the poor and middle class erodes? https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/richest-one-percent-gained-trillions-in-wealth-2021.html 149 comments economics
- U.S. Study Sees China as No. 1 Economy by 2030: An intelligence assessment says China will top the United States economically and sees a rising global middle class http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/world/china-to-be-no-1-economy-before-2030-study-says.xml 38 comments worldnews
- Globalization is killing Europe, just as it's already wiped out much of the American middle class. Return To Local economics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/globalization-is-killing_b_454091.html 30 comments politics
- Sen. Sanders: 'Global Warming a Far More Serious Problem Than Al Qaeda' -- In new interview with Playboy, the Vermont senator laments the collapsed middle class, corporate power http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/18-4 96 comments politics
- Guess What's Destroying the Middle Class? - there is a growing body of research showing that globalization -- and, in particular, the rise of China -- has been the biggest factor hollowing out the American middle class. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-25/what-s-destroying-middle-class-wages-china 6 comments politics
- Rise of the global consumer: By 2025, worldwide, the number of people with disposable income will double. For the first time, more people will be middle class than poor. https://www.americanfunds.com/pdf/mfgefl-465_lvjan13.pdf 5 comments worldnews
- Millions Are Tumbling Out of the Global Middle Class in Historic Setback. An estimated 150 million slipped down the economic ladder in 2020, the first pullback in almost three decades. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-emerging-markets-middle-class/ 9 comments india
- Since 1994, there has been a globalization-induced rise in the tax burden of the middle class, while the top 1% has faced a reduction in their tax burden. Prior to 1994, globalization was linked to a higher tax burden for high-income earners. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/aer.20160600?return_path=/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20160600&etoc=1 221 comments science
- Yale University : Globalization helped the very poor and the very-wealthy. The very-wealthy promote globalization because it's great for them. They don't care about the rest. The Western working class and the middle class took a very violent hit. This could have serious political consequences http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/tale-two-middle-classes 67 comments business
- Payments are eating the world. $240T global payments, $6.8T online spending. Creator economy: $100B, 50M Americans "More than 2 million of them earned six-figure incomes in 2020, suggesting the growth of a new creator middle class https://www.jpmorgan.com/insights/payments/payment-trends/payments-are-eating-the-world 4 comments economics
- World Poverty Drops, With China Leading the Way: Pew Research Center data shows a decrease in global poverty. China largely drove the rise of the global middle class, increasing its share of middle class by 15 percent or by 203 million people http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/07/10/world-poverty-drops-with-china-leading-the-way 46 comments worldnews
- BoA President now says homes are no asset, making paupers of the US middle class while the shareholders are now kings of investment. Foreigners have taken over the US govt. and stripped our assets, like any conquering nation would. The US voter has lost the global economic war to our own citizens . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42556230/ns/business-real_estate/ 4 comments politics
- Rise of Donald Trump Tracks Growing Debate Over Global Fascism - In Russia and Turkey Putin and Erdogan employ strongman tactic. The far right is rising in Austria, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Israel, Germany and France. Middle class wages are stagnant and politics is turning into a battle http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html 7 comments economy
- "[T]he United States economy can no longer provide the means to support its three most politically important American dreams: Wall Street's dream of subsidized limitless profits; the military-industrial complex's dream of global supremacy; and the middle class's dream of rising incomes." http://jefffaux.com/?p=254 27 comments politics
- America Will Keep Losing Its Middle Class as Long as 'Free Markets' Dominate the Economic Debate - We need to invest in research and development if we’re going to strengthen the middle class and compete in a global market. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/05/america-will-keep-losing-its-middle-class-long-free-markets-dominate-economic 8 comments politics
- Intense anger and hatred toward Obama by right-wing Conservatives reflects their fear about the dramatic changes in their way of life. They feel threatened by changing demographics, gay marriage, globalization with loss of American middle class jobs, and increased job equality for women. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/anger-can-be-power/?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20131009&_r=0 29 comments politics