The Great Expectations of the middle class

Jeffrey Chwieroth, Andrew Walter interviewed by Tim Phillips, 15 November 2019

When there's a financial crisis, policymakers and politicians increasingly kowtow to the demands of an influential group: the global middle class. Jeffrey Chwieroth and Andrew Walter tell Tim Phillips how their Great Expectations are destabilising the world economy.

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Topics:  Politics and economics

Tags:  Great expectations, middle class, crises, financial sector, risk, debt, instability

Jeffrey Chwieroth

Professor of International Political Economy and Research Associate, Systemic Risk Centre, LSE

Andrew Walter

Professor of International Relations, University of Melbourne

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