Economist: Burgeoning bourgeoisie - The new middle classes in emerging markets
economist.com 2/13/2009 — THE crowd surges back and forth, hands above heads, mobile-phone cameras snapping one of Brazil’s best-known samba bands. It could be almost anywhere in Latin America’s largest city on a Saturday night. But this is Paraisopolis, one of São Paulo’s ...

Middle East investors eye Europe
ft.com 11/7/2008 — Mideast countries are set to invest billions of dollars in British companies, according to the financier who helped arrange Abu Dhabi's

Has Rising Inequality Destroyed The Middle Class?
forbes.com 7/1/2009 — Everyone is worried about the American middle class. The decline of the American worker, and thus the middle class, is a key trope in economic downturns, amplified by the bankruptcy of General Motors and Chrysler and the loss of so many well-paid jobs ...

Middle East Hedge Funds | Quotes
richard-wilson.blogspot.com 3/13/2009 — Middle East Funds Middle East Hedge Funds | Quotes There have been several conferences in the Dubai and the middle east over the past several weeks which went very well. There were many in attendance and the mood was relatively upbeat for such a difficult financial time for hedge funds. ...

The True Middle Class
slopeofhope.com 9/8/2009 — In the spirit of Labor Day, I thought I'd say something about class. There are some who call the United States a classless society. I certainly do not. But my view of "class" this morning only partly has to do with assets owned by a given party. It ...

'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Part 1 (video)
youtube.com 7/5/2009 — The financial system is crashing and action must be taken by the US government to convert debt into equity to produce a more stable environment, Nassim Taleb...

'We're in the Middle of a Crash': Part 2 (video)
youtube.com 7/5/2009 — The financial system is crashing and action must be taken by the US government to convert debt into equity to produce a more stable environment, Nassim Taleb...

10 Best ETFs for a Changing Middle East - ETF Grind -
seekingalpha.com 6/17/2009 — This past weekend's events in Iran and in Israel are good reminders that the Middle East is a region in transition. The 300 million citizens of the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) nations make up only about 6 percent of the world's population. ...

Video - White House: No to tax hike for middle class
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com 8/4/2009 — The White House made it clear Monday-- there are no plans to raise taxes on the middle class.

More on the "Decline of the Middle Class" Myth
mjperry.blogspot.com 10/19/2008 — On this CD post about this Skeptical Optimist post , Bobble writes (with grammar/punctuation corrected): You might want to check Steve's latest revisions. They are inflation adjusted and the income trends look pretty flat. Real income ...