The article suggests a general rise in affluence may at least partly account for the perceived time famine.

该文章认为，人们生活普遍富裕起来，这点至少部分解释了这种人们感知到的时间饥荒感。

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At the same time rising affluence has caused the number of cars - and traffic jams - to soar.

同时，财富的飞涨与汽车数量成正比，交通堵塞也大大增加。

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Men have debated what characteristics usher affluence since time began.

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Back in 1998 Bernard Arnault, then and now the CEO of LVMH, put his finger on a peculiar cultural phenomena of our time: Let's call it hyper-affluence syndrome.

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