The usual economic classifications are wealthy, middle class, and poor. The definitions of each are vague, but the meanings are clear. In each case, the definitions vary with time.
Intellectuals have problems with all three classes.
They treat the rich as malefactors, the middle class as hopelessly stupid, and the poor are idealized as victims, but they are avoided. From a covenantal and Biblical perspective, all three classes can be good or evil, depending on their relationship to the Triune God and His law- word. In the beginning, man was told to subdue the garden and develop it by caring for it. The Garden of Eden was, in a limited space, the place where man was to develop his kingdom work and gain in the wealth thereof. Now we define wealth in terms of money and possessions.