Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor. (Lewis H. Lapham)

Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.

Lewis H. Lapham

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