Christian Science Monitor — Researchers argue Britain now has seven distinct classes

'New affluent workers' and 'precariats'? Britain's classes get makeover (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Copyright ImageClick to View A new survey of 166,000 Britons found that instead of the three traditional classes – upper, middle, and working – that are prominent in shows like 'Downton Abbey,' shown at left, now there are seven distinct strata.(PBS/AP) Britain's infamous class system has become…

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