2nd part of my first translated text. again the content is not my property. (…) In the economies where the protests are taking place, the public expenditure over the GNP is, in percentage, about half of that of developed countries: calculated per capita, it is generally one-seventh , if not less, in comparison with that of developed countries. These public resources are insufficient to meet the needs of the new middle class. In very poor countries, like Bangladesh or Etiopia, the disapproving part the middle class is minimum and the large mass of poor hardly has a voice. Thus the elites have room to influence the State to pursue their goals or to dodge it by hiring private security service staff and financing private schools. Politically, very poor countries do manage to solve the problems caused by appalling public services; whereas in rich countries, that’s not possible. The middle class has grown and strengthed far-back, and, in order to survive, governments have learnt to provide quality public services. If you go to Boston, Tokyo or Turin, you’ll see an effectively functioning State. The discontent of the middle classes of rapidly emerging economies is palpable in conversatons at the table everywhere you go, from Mosca to Dehli or in Beijing. (…)