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A 1996 World Bank study of more than 30 fast-growing economies showed that in nearly all of them, growth did not meaningfully change income distribution, and that even the poorest fifth of income-earners reaped absolute benefits from economic growth.
' " "This is far from theology," van Gogh concludes, "simply a fact that the poorest little wood-cutter or peasant on the heath or miner can have moments of emotion and inspiration which give him a feeling of an eternal home to which he is near."
The bad news : 1) The richest families reaped most of the gains; 2) the poorest families' wealth shrunk; and 3) the average family's debt jumped nearly 50 percent.
As a state, Puerto Rico's per capita income would be half that of Mississippi, currently the poorest state.
Forgive the debtors, especially the hopeless cases among the very poorest nations.