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The '''Middle class''' is a "class of people intermediate between the classes of higher and lower social rank or standing; the social, economic, cultural class, having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like. It is the the class traditionally intermediate between the [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] class and the [[working class|laboring class]]."<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Middle%20Class</ref>
The '''Middle class''' is a [[social class]] - a "class of people intermediate between the classes of higher ([[upper class]] or [[aristocracy]]) and lower social rank or standing ([[working class]]); the social, economic, cultural class, having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like. It is the the class traditionally intermediate between the [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] class and the [[working class|laboring class]]."<ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Middle%20Class</ref>
[mid-l-klas, -klahs] -- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; [[bourgeois]]:
[mid-l-klas, -klahs] -- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; [[bourgeois]]:
Origin: 1890-95
Origin: 1890-95. "Middle class" as a term first appeared in a 1745 pamphlet by James Bradshaw's called "Scheme to prevent running [[Irish]] Wools to [[France]]."<ref>James Bradshaw (1745). A scheme to prevent the running of Irish wools to France: and Irish woollen goods to foreign countries. By prohibiting the importation of [[Spanish]] wools into [[Ireland]], ... Humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament. By a Merchant of London. printed for J. Smith, and G. Faulkner. pp. 4–5. http://books.google.com/books?id=AJdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4 Retrieved 2 December 2014</ref>
Points about the Middle Class:
* Middle class is [[America]]'s favorite socioeconomic group
* The median, or middle, household income in the United States today is $50,054 as of early 2013.
* Popular vision of middle class is rooted in 1950s, when a generation found solid jobs, bought houses in the suburbs and took modest family vacations.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565 Middle class a matter of income, attitude
Dan Horn, The Cincinnati Enquirer April 14, 2013</ref>
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Aristocracy]]
* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]]
* [[Bourgeoisie]] - [[White collar]]
* [[Working class]] - [[Blue collar]]
* [[Proletariat]]
==References==
==References==
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{{reflist|2}}
==External Sites==
==External Sites==
* http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565/
* http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565/
* 7 things the middle class can’t afford anymore: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/10/25/cheat-sheet-middle-class-cant-afford/17730223/
* 7 things the middle class can’t afford anymore: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/10/25/cheat-sheet-middle-class-cant-afford/17730223/
* Jobless Recovery is Here andThe Middle CLass is Evaporating: http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=9432.0
* http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/the-real-meaning-of-downward-class-migration
* http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/do-not-make-fun-of-those-that-have-fallen-out-of-the-middle-class-you-could-be-next
* http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21272238/ns/us_news-gut_check/t/who-or-what-middle-class/
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