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Middle class struggles, at home and abroad

Six years after the U.S. economy emerged from the Great Recession, job growth is on a tear. Last year was the best year for jobs growth since 1999. Consumer confidence is at multi-year highs; Gas prices are near multi-year lows. But many American's feel left out-- Brazilians, whose economy is in recession, have hope though.

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