#9. The Great Indian Middle Class - Side A

The finance minister of India unveiled the 2022 budget last week and made the entire country middle-class in one stroke if you go by internet reactions. Every year, we all wait for a tax break, and then complain about how we, the middle class has been short-changed once again. But who is middle class? Who is not? In part A of our conversation, we define the middle class, both in terms of numbers and the art of squeezing toothpaste. Reading material: China has a larger middle class than India, where most people are low income | Pew Research Center Everyone Thinks They Are Middle Class, New Study Explains Why | Observer Why do so many rich people consider themselves "middle class?" | Vox