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The article informs on in different ways rich and poor are fending for themselves in South Africa. It mentions that police cannot control the crime and the community is angry, diepsloot has the fourth-highest rate of violent assault of any police precinct in the country, and addiction to nyaope- a mix of cheap heroin, cannabis, antiretroviral drugs and dilutants-is common.

The article focuses on a study conducted by Raj Chetty and his co-authors, which reveals that the absolute mobility (the chance that a child will go on to earn more than their parents) has dropped. It mentions that the gap in life-expectancy between rich and poor has widened even as that between Blacks and whites has narrowed down. It mentions that ultimate drivers concerning mobility could lie in family structure, parenting habits, exposure to crime.

The article offers information on voting trend in Africa. It mentions that ruling parties find it easier to corral old, poor and rural voters, as compared to young and rich vote. It also mentions that Kimuli Kasara of Columbia University and Pavithra Suryanarayan of Johns Hopkins University, who surveyed voting patterns in poor countries, many of them in Africa, found that the poorest fifth of citizens tended to vote more assiduously than the richest fifth.

The article focuses on the widening gap between rich and poor Chinese regions. Topics discussed include the challenge of closing the gap between inland China and its coast, economic conditions of China's south coastal region, China's wealthiest, the north-east that has been burdened by a legacy of state ownership and a rise in fiscal deficits.

The article discusses who in American qualify as the top one percent of the wealthiest Americans in 2012. Information is provided on the profile of the top wealthy who often work in finance, make half of their annual income from interest, dividends, and capital gains, and often have wealthy parents. It is noted that the wealthiest Americans are more likely to be married and have children than middle class or poor Americans.

The article discusses public services in Great Britain and the author's claim that wealthy individuals are receiving larger shares of British public spending as of 2015. Services for poor people are addressed, along with economic inequality and public services-related data released by Great Britain's Office for National Statistics. The economic aspects of public services such as education and medical care are examined, along with private school tuition in Great Britain.

The article reports that the middle class in Brazil has grown significantly since 2002. Brazil was previously known for the wide gap between its rich and poor populations, but in 2008 the middle class rose to more than half the nation's population. People in Brazil put a high value on status symbols and spend large percentages of their income on fashion and brand name products seen on television shows.

This article considers what widening inequalities in incomes and wealth reveal about the United States, and considers the chances that this issue will become a factor in the 2004 presidential race. Does America really have an inequality problem? Statistically, the answer is "Yes, but". Much the same applies to the question of whether the Democrats can turn this into a winning political issue. By whatever measure you use, the richest Americans have done very well over the past few decades. Take wealth rather than income, and America's disparity is even more startling. The wage incomes of the bottom 20% of households have barely grown in real terms since the mid-1970s. As for wealth, the bottom fifth has debts that exceed its assets, making its wealth a negative number. The bottom fifth's percentage of national wealth worsened from -0.3% in 1983 to -0.6% in 1998. These depressing statistics, though, come with two caveats. First, poorer Americans are better off than they once were. Second, America is a remarkably mobile society. As this year's Economic Report of the President points out, 50-80% of the unfortunates in America's bottom quintile push themselves into a higher quintile after 10 years. Most Americans seem to understand that inequality is not just to do with tax cuts for the rich.

Discusses wealth. Increase in the number of wealthy people in the world as of June 2001; How the gap between the income of the poor and the rich has risen; Thoughts on the world economy in light of a possible recession; How gaps in wealth often coincide with democratic reform; Views on anger which the poor may feel toward the rich; The need to battle poverty.

The article looks at longevity and the pension age. It is noted that the rich tend to live longer than the poor, making a universal age of retirement inherently unfair, as the poor receive fewer years to enjoy retirement. The reasons behind the gap between the life expectancies of the rich and poor are explored, such as different levels of access to health care and lifestyle choices around tobacco use and eating habits.

The article focuses on differences in fertility rates between poor and rich people in developing countries. It states that a study by Harvard University found that from 1992 to 2012, the fertility rates of poor people dropped more slowly than wealthy and mentions a study in 2008 of African nations found differences in fertility by education group rises. It mentions that as per person gross domestic product in developing countries increased, rich lead the decline in fertility.

The article examines research in social psychology. A series of experiments conducted at the University of California, Berkeley suggest poor people are more generous and less selfish in their behavior than rich people. One of the researchers suggests that compassion among poor people might be a trait developed to increase cooperation needed for survival.

Reports the results of a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that examined the income disparities between the rich and the poor. Changes in the disparities, including a growth in the amount of wealth inherited by the top one percent of the population; Statistics from the study; Possible causes of the changes in disparities.