Access to credit, more jobs, remittances, the commodity boom, and conditional cash transfers enabled millions to purchase a home, a car, and a better life. This was not a middle class modeled on North Atlantic precedents, and its members’ status is precarious and reversible; moreover, their standard of living is well below that of their counterparts in wealthier countries.
畅通的信贷、更多的工作、汇款、大宗商品繁荣以及有条件的现金转账让数百万人买了房子和汽车，过上了更美好的生活。这个中产阶级并不是北大西洋中产阶级的复制品，其中产阶级的身份是不稳定的，也是可逆的。此外，他们的生活水平也远远低于其较富裕国家的同仁。但是它就是中产阶级。