We might also say that it is the process of economic growth itself that makes us happy, not the level of wealth that we enjoy as a result.
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Unlike many cities, Dayton does not have pockets of wealth, so we are particularly hard hit by the current recession.
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This in turn forces it to isolate its people from the outside world so as to ensure that they are not aware of its wealth and success.
It is a shame there is not a wealth of deleted scenes, which would have been nice in a film that has been crammed into three hours from a lengthy tome.
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Romney takes full credit for jobs that he had very little to do with creating using a kind of investing venture capital which is really not the source of his wealth.
The cause of the attack was not jealousy of American power and wealth but a deep resentment of what is perceived as American bullying and arrogance in international affairs.
It is in part for reasons like these that Alexis de Tocqueville claimed the poorly-off did not want the wealth of the wealthy so much as their pride.
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They don't explain how it led to the longest economic expansion in peacetime in the United States and the creation of vast amount of wealth not just for millionaires and billionaires, but for the middle class and 23 million new jobs.
The movie shows what our politicians do not understand, that preserving the wealth of those at the top does not directly lead to more jobs or a better overall economy.
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Or to put it another way, a good proportion of all that innovation and trading was not serving the wealth-creating instincts of businesses and households, but was (consciously or unconsciously) picking their pockets or extracting rent from them - by selling them stuff that was impossibly complex and whose true risks were hidden.
This is perhaps the most radical teaching of faith that the value of life is not contingent on wealth or strength or skill, that value is a reflection of God's image.
People using infrastructure to do new things, or to do old things better or more cheaply might, but the cables, roads, railways and bridges of infrastructure do not, in and of themselves, impart wealth.
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As in other breakaway areas, many of Aceh's 4m people feel they are not seeing their fair share of the wealth flowing from the province's huge oil and gas fields.
It seems that Sorkin wants to convict Jobs of lacking the moral character for not using his wealth and prominent position in the world of commerce to set an example for others less wealthy and less powerful than him.
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Sure, putting a huge slug of your wealth in three stocks is not for the faint of heart.
Now, I want to emphasize, this is not simply an issue of redistributing wealth.
Mere possession of wealth does not justify confiscation by the state, or even high tax rates.
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The former Cardinal placed a strong emphasis on the distribution of wealth, not the creation of it.
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No fewer than 82% say that their chief financial goal is simply peace of mind, not accumulating wealth.
In other words, the destruction of wealth is not good for an economy.
But it's not just the scale of the wealth that's notable in the Hamptons, it's the age of it.
In two recent court cases, men have been sentenced to jail for allegedly not disclosing full details of their wealth.
This small sheikhdom of some 906, 000 people demonstrates anew that the true source of wealth is not "natural resources" but human ingenuity.
The biggest source of wealth, not surprisingly in these two beautiful countries, is land, whether used for real estate, wine or commodities.
It is not rooted in a wealth of experience, like Mr Cheney's.
The poverty line is a measure of income for example and so really cannot be used as a description of wealth or not wealth.
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By early 2003 Wang envisioned not only a share of the wealth from China's auto industry but also tantalizing synergies: BYD could use its expertise to develop rechargeable batteries for electric cars.
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