Not even the most dismal orthodox economist would claim that material wealth is a substitute for kinship.

就连最阴沉的正统经济学家也不会声称，物质财富可以替代亲情。

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The telling aspect of Mr Cameron’s upbringing was not its material privilege but its social wealth.

我们可以很明显地感受到，卡梅伦首相的教养让他更多地关注社会财富，而不是物质发达。

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In the midst of the Depression, he urged Americans to remember that "happiness lies not in the mere possession of money" and to recognize "the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success."

在大衰退的中期，他敦促美国国民牢记“幸福并不在于仅仅拥有金钱”，并认识“把物质财富当成成功的标准的错误本质”。

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Mr. JONES: And it was based not on material wealth, and it was based on who you were as a person and what you were willing to give up and what you were willing to do, not just for yourself, but for the elders, for the children, for those who come in behind you to make a path easier for them.

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And this illusion was that material wealth does not make that much of a difference in how happy people are.

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An increase in material wealth has not diminished many of the social problems associated with the most deprived parts of our society.

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