For the †rst time in history more than half the world is
middle-class ‹thanks to rapid growth in emerging countries...

Also in this special report:

Who's in the middle?: It's a matter of de†nition.

Beyond Wisteria Lane: Scott Fitzgerald was wrong. It is not the rich who are diff…erent but the middle classes.

What do you think?:A special poll on middle-class attitudes.

Notions of shop-keepers: Why the new middle classes are so good for their countries'economies.

The other Moore's law: "No bourgeoisie, no democracy"; Barrington Moore may have had a point after all.

Suspended animation: The recession may bring middleclass
growth to a halt for a while‹but not for long.