Accelerating technological change and rising productivity create the potential for rapid improvements in living standards.

科技变化的加速以及生产率的提高会创造潜力，使生活水平迅速提高。

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This "rise of the rest" is a remarkable achievement, bringing with it unprecedented improvements in living standards for the majority of people on the planet.

“其余国家的崛起”是一个非凡的成就，使得全球大多数人的生活水平得到空前提高。

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This is due primarily to improvements in living standards and health services, especially due to the impact of antibiotics and insecticides and other control measures.

这主要是由于居住条件和卫生服务的改善，尤其是由于使用了抗生素、杀虫剂和采用了其他控制措施。

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Escalating health-care costs threaten to stifle the growth of American entrepreneurship--a principal driver of economic growth and improvements in living standards.

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Part of it is down to dramatic improvements in living standards in Italy from the 1960s - the shift from crushing poverty to growing affluence.

BBC: Why do the Italians live longer than us?

There have been improvements in living standards here of course.

BBC: Why do the Italians live longer than us?