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'Middle Class' in Indonesia or Partially Poor?

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May 14, 2013
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Indonesia's booming middle class is a hot topic these days. They spend more, earn more and are expected to supersize the economy in the next decade.

Yet most who fall into the broad middle class category (MACS: middle class affluent consumers) are literally just a fraction better off than those sitting above the poverty line. Considering that the poverty…

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