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In it, Captain Kirk needs to acquire plague-fighting minerals from the planet Ardana, currently in the middle of a civil uprising against a super wealthy and socially elite class that live in a floating city, far above the riff raff.
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Moreover, although the country may have a small super-rich elite and a growing middle class, its capacity for wealth redistribution remains limited according to a 2009 World Bank report.
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Rising commodity prices have allowed a class of super-rich, from Middle Eastern potentates to Russian oligarchs, to splash out on converting full-sized airliners into private jets.
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Before selling last week, Moskovitz converted 7.5 million super-voting Class B shares into Class A shares so that he could sell on the Nasdaq.
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Having a super-wealthy elite is not a problem if there is also a large, stable middle class.
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Following the IPO, Accel had 135.7 million Class A shares and 7.9 million of the super-voting Class B shares.
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What elevates super angels into an unofficial upper class generally is the magnetic effect their participation in a deal has on other investors a main reason entrepreneurs like to do business with them.
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Imagine a society that has a bell-shaped income distribution curve with a broad middle class, a smaller number of rich and poor, and an even smaller number of super rich and super poor.
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