The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

As the 20th century unspooled, a cultural warming melted down many frozen class characteristics.

I'm painfully middle class.

Our thinking is that a healthy middle class is important to the city. We want to keep these people in Boston; they are the glue in the neighborhoods and the glue in the economy as well.

For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity.