Book Review of Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class

摘要

This volume is a pleasure to read. It is written clearly and accessibly and has a lot to teach readers. The volume is divided into an overview followed by six main chapters. They are: Introduction; Economic Mobility and the Middle Class: Concepts and Measurement; Mobility across Generations; Mobility within Generations; The Rising Latin American and Caribbean Middle Class; and The Middle Class and the Social Contract in Latin America.