middle classes

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Now, similar debates are spreading across the developing world, as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other companies rush to capitalize on growing demand for AI in places with newly emerging middle classes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Most employees who have been furloughed by the federal government are members of the professional and middle classes.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

India and Sub-Saharan Africa, both with rapidly growing middle classes, young populations and significant workforce potential, share longstanding comparisons.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The once tight connection between race and class has weakened, too, as many African-Americans have moved into the middle and upper middle classes.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times