How so? I assume you mean that in relative terms (many would rather be "poor" here than "middle class" in many other places), but still... that's a new economic theory on me. Do you mean a global economy or a national economy?

I'm not trying to set a mousetrap. I've just never heard that expressed before. They do exist, but I don't see that they must exist.

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