After decades of stagnation, the size of Latin America's middle class recently expanded to the point where, for the first time ever, the number of people in pov

As middle classes in developing countries grow in size and political power, do they foster stable democracies and prosperous, innovative economies? Or do they e

Highlighting the crucial yet largely overlooked role played by society's middle layers in the historical development of Latin America, Patrick Barr-Melej provid

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