Comprador bourgeoisie

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The term 'comprodor bourgeoisie' was coined to convey the idea of an alliance between an indigenous middle class and foreign investors, multi-national corporations, bankers, and military interests. This is to say that global stratification into classes does not conceal social stratification and in fact the two are related. Poverty that poor people in poor countries experience is not solely due to the domestic maldistribution of power, it is also due to the dependence on the more powerful economies of the world. This dependency within the world economic system actually benefits some classes in the Third World, who are the 'comprador elites.'(MBM)