Globalisation and an emerging global middle class

Economic Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Das, Dilip K ^a  

^a School for Health and Life Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Income distribution; Middle class

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249232255     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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