"The Affluent Society." He argued that while private individuals in America were becoming wealthier, public institutions were growing poor.

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Every day the latter grows more wealthy and densely populated while the South is stationary and growing poor."

北方每天都在变得更富裕,人口也越来越多,而南方,毫无进步,变得越来越贫困"

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While populist policies, while prime minister led to support from the rural poor, Bangkok's middle class and urban elite accused him of corruption and abuse of power.

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But if they make cuts while the poor go on a carbon-heavy growth binge, the climate will suffer anyway.

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They say middle class students have access to some of the best schooling in Latin America, while the poor have to be content with under-funded state schools.

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While the poor are getting richer in Brazil while the poor get poorer in the U.S., there is still no comparing poverty and even middle class incomes in the two countries.

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