The endowments of American foundations more than doubled between 1996 and 2006, but the increase only just kept pace with the rise in the total wealth of the Forbes 400 over that period.

美国基金会的捐赠在1996年到2006年翻了一倍多，但这部分增长只与福布斯400强在此期间的财富总量的增长等量齐观。

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The supply of the best works of art will always be limited, but in the longer run demand is bound to rise as wealth is spreading ever more widely across the globe.

对于最好的艺术作品的供应总是有限的，但从长远的需求来说它是与财富捆绑在一起的，它们将比以往任何时候都更广阔地传遍全球。

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This appropriation of the rise in the value of land is not just unfair: what have I done to deserve this additional wealth?

这种将土地增值部分据为己有的做法，不仅有失公平：我何德何能，可以坐拥这些额外的财富？

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But they might notice that the rise in the share price, and in the wealth of management, is all to do with the perceived value of an asset, 45% of Verizone Wireless, which Vodafone doesn't actually manage.

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However, Christopher Landsea of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration applied a little common sense to the data by factoring out inflation, the rise in individual wealth over the period and, crucially, the increasing tendency of people to live by the seaside.

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Mr Jospin came to power last June on a hard-left, Euro-hesitant programme promising the creation of 350, 000 public-sector jobs, a cut in the working week from 39 to 35 hours without loss of pay, big increases in wages and social benefits, a halt to privatisation, a rise in the wealth tax, a rejection of the single currency's stability pact and so on.

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