The Fifth Estate

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The Fifth Estate

The traditional classification of societal roles places the clergy, nobility and commoners as the First, Second and Third Estates, respectively. The press was later commonly acknowledged as the Fourth Estate. But what class of society might comprise the Fifth Estate? Events this past week suggest that it could be investors or central banks.

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