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Middle class angst

As mid-term elections approach, does America's middle class feel worst hit by recession? Plus, allegations that market research is useless, and a look at the unsavoury business of 'unfriending'.

As the midterm US elections approach, the 大象传媒's Paul Mason reports from Georgia on the disillusionment of middle class voters who have lost jobs and homes.

Plus, Lesley Curwen talks to Philip Graves, author of Consumerology who claims that market research is unreliable, and businesses worldwide waste billions of dollars on it.

And our technology commentator Jeremy Wagstaff looks at the dismal business of 'unfriending' someone on Facebook.

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18 minutes

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Wed 27 Oct 2010 07:32GMT

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  • Wed 27 Oct 2010 07:32GMT

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