He also explains how globalization can cause Brazilification—the loss of the middle class and increase in income gap—of countries impacted by the trend. Brazilification is a neologism included in Douglas Coupland's 1991 book "". The expression was used in a similar way by the American writer Michael Lind as "Brazilianisation of America" in his book "The Next American Nation" and by the German sociologist Ulrich Beck as "Brasilianisierung des Westens" in his book "Schöne neue Arbeitswelt" (translated title: "Brave new world of work").