To hear Richard Reeves tell it, the upper middle class is fast becoming the bane of American society. Its members have entrenched themselves just below the top 1 percent and protect their ...

I n the past, being considered upper-middle class meant being able to afford the kind of comfort that isn’t cheap or common. But now, according to Mafe Aclado, finance expert and general manager ...

HARI SREENIVASAN: Reeves defines the upper middle class, the top 20 percent, as families making $117,000 or more a year. To illustrate the difference between them and everyone else, Reeves points ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – The orthodontist bent intently over Flavia Soares da Costa's open mouth, tightening the glimmering silver brackets that are remaking her smile. Not long ago, it would have been ...

“The upper middle class often invests in homes that are not just places to live but statements of success,” she explained. “These houses are larger and located in neighborhoods that are ...

S ?O GON ?ALO, Brazil (Reuters) – Andr (c) Tamandar (c) isn’t supposed to be so angry. Over the past decade, the 33-year-old high-school dropout has moved into his own house, got a steady job ...

If Brazil's middle class were the population of a single country, it would rank 18th on a ranking of the top 20 consumer countries in the world ... and upper-middle class (from R 641 to R 1.019).

In a post titled "The upper-middle-class is not your enemy," which had 18,900 upvotes at the time of writing, Reddit user VVVVagabond wrote: "The people who are making 200k-300k, who drive a Prius ...