The Rise of the Global Middle Class
How the Search for the Good Life Can Change the World
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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.©2024 The Brookings Institution (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Kharas concludes on a hopeful note, arguing that the global middle class can be a force for social and political good if its members press for decarbonization, spend their money on sustainable products, and support policies that foster social mobility and create decent jobs for all.
In The Rise of the Global Middle Class, Kharas chronicles the rise of the middle class from the Industrial Revolution through the present, then discusses the problems that threaten the existence of this almost five-billion-strong middle class, and ends with an agenda for the future. After attempting to define the middle class in the first chapter, Kharas distinguishes middle-class growth around the world by when and where it occurred. Chapter 2 discusses the first billion members of this class, chiefly in the West. In chapter 3, another billion from eastern Europe, Latin America, and east Asia join the ranks. China accounts for most of the third billion, discussed in chapter 4, and India's contribution to the fourth billion is the major subject of chapter 5. Chapter 6 considers the future of the middle class, given the detrimental effects of consumer society on the environment and the job insecurity that often arises when new technologies replace workers in more and more labor markets. In a more optimistic vein, chapter 7 suggests government policies and changes in outlook that can support the global middle class in its quest for a good life. Recommended. All readership levels.
Homi Kharas delivers good news: in just two centuries, the world has moved from abject poverty to a middle class that includes half the world’s people. And further rapid progress is possible, including the end of poverty and billions added to the middle class. Kharas ably presents the facts, history, and underlying drivers of progress, but also highlights the huge challenges ahead, including the urgent need for global cooperation, social cohesion, quality education, environmental sustainability, and smart deployment of the new digital technologies. This is a deeply informed, humane, and timely book for readers everywhere. (Jeffrey D. Sachs, professor, Columbia University, author of The End of Poverty)
The success of societies everywhere depends on the health of the middle class. So does the success of the global economy. Homi Kharas brings decades of development experience to thinking about how best to strengthen middle classes everywhere in this very important book. (Lawrence H. Summers, Former US Treasury Secretary and President Emeritus at Harvard University)
In his new book The Rise of the Global Middle Class, Homi Kharas, with his usual clarity of thought, takes on the complicated question of whether a growing global middle class is necessarily good for growth, prosperity, stability and happiness. The answer might surprise you. The book is a great read for the historically minded and intellectually curious! (Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, DG WTO and Former Finance Minister of Nigeria)
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